Psalm 95:8

Here in this text the heart is put for the whole soul, even for mind, will, and affections. For blindness of mind, stubbornness of will, and stupidity of affections go together. -- William Gouge.

Verse 8. In Massah -- in Meribah. Our translators say, in the provocation, in the day of temptation. But the places were denominated by names taken from the transactions that occurred in them; and the introduction of those names gives more liveliness to the allusion. See to the same effect Psalms 81:7 ; where the Bible translation retains the proper name. --Richard Mant.

Verse 8. Let us not fail to notice, that while it is the flock who speak in Psalms 95:1-7 , it is the Shepherd who takes up their expostulating words, and urges them home himself at Psalms 95:8 , to the end, using the argument which by the Holy Ghost is addressed to us also in Hebrews 3:7-19 . There is something very powerful in this expostulation, when connected with the circumstances that give rise to it. In themselves, the burst of adoring love, and the full out pouring of affection in Psalms 95:1-7 are irresistibly persuasive; but when ( Psalms 95:8 ) the voice of the Lord himself is heard (such a voice, using terms of vehement entreaty!) we cannot imagine expostulation carried further. Unbelief alone could resist this voice; blind, malignant unbelief alone could repel The flock, and then the Shepherd, inviting men now to enter the fold. --Andrew A. Bonar.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 8-11.

--C.A. Davis.