Psalm 95:7-11

7 Denn er ist unser Gott und wir das Volk seiner Weide und Schafe seiner Hand. Heute, so ihr seine Stimme höret,

8 so verstocket euer Herz nicht, wie zu Meriba geschah, wie zu Massa in der Wüste,

9 da mich eure Väter versuchten, mich prüften und sahen mein Werk.

10 Vierzig Jahre hatte ich Mühe mit diesem Volk und sprach: Es sind Leute, deren Herz immer den Irrweg will und die meine Wege nicht lernen wollen;

11 daß ich schwur in meinem Zorn: Sie sollen nicht zu meiner Ruhe kommen.

Psalm 95:7-11 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.