Psalms 95:3-11

3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.

4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;

7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,

8 “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,^[a]as you did that day at Massah^[b] in the wilderness,

9 where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

10 For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’

11 So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”

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Psalms 95:3-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 95

This psalm, though without a title, was written by David, as appears from Heb 4:7, and to him the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions ascribe it. It belongs to the times of the Messiah, as Kimchi observes; the apostle applies it to the Jews of his time, and bespeaks them in the language of it, Heb 3:7-11, and in which time Israelites, believers in Christ, are called upon to serve and worship him, in consideration of his greatness in himself, and his goodness to them. Theodoret thinks that David spoke prophetically of King Josiah and his times; and wrote it in the person of him, and the priests of God.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

1. Psalms 48:1; Psalms 86:10; Psalms 145:3; Psalms 147:5
2. S Psalms 47:2
3. Psalms 96:4; Psalms 97:9
4. S Psalms 63:9
5. S Genesis 1:9; Psalms 146:6
6. S 2 Samuel 12:16; Philippians 2:10
7. S Psalms 22:29
8. 2 Chronicles 6:13
9. Psalms 100:3; Psalms 149:2; Isaiah 17:7; Isaiah 54:5; Daniel 6:10-11; Hosea 8:14
10. S Psalms 74:1; Psalms 79:13
11. Mark 10:5; Hebrews 3:8
12. S Exodus 17:7; S Deuteronomy 33:8; Hebrews 3:15*; Hebrews 4:7
13. S Psalms 78:40
14. S Numbers 14:22; Psalms 78:18; 1 Corinthians 10:9
15. S Exodus 16:35; S Numbers 14:34; Acts 7:36; Hebrews 3:17
16. Psalms 58:3; Psalms 119:67,176; Proverbs 12:26; Proverbs 16:29; Isaiah 53:6; Jeremiah 31:19; Jeremiah 50:6; Ezekiel 34:6
17. S Deuteronomy 8:6
18. S Numbers 14:23
19. Deuteronomy 1:35; Hebrews 3:7-11*; Hebrews 4:3*

Footnotes 2

[a]. "Meribah" means "quarreling."
[b]. "Massah" means "testing."