Psalms 95:6-11

6 Come, let us ¹worship and bow down, Let us ²kneel before the LORD our ³Maker.

7 For He is our God, And ⁴we are the people of His ⁵pasture and the sheep of His hand. ⁶Today, if you would hear His voice,

8 Do not harden your hearts, as at ⁷Meribah, As in the day of ⁸Massah in the wilderness,

9 "When your fathers ⁹tested Me, They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

10 "For ¹⁰forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.

11 "Therefore I ¹¹swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My ¹²rest."

Psalms 95:6-11 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.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 96:9; Psalms 99:5, 9
• 2. 2 Chronicles 6:13; Daniel 6:10; Philippians 2:10
• 3. Psalms 100:3; Psalms 149:2; Isaiah 17:7; Hosea 8:14
• 4. Psalms 79:13
• 5. Psalms 74:1
• 6. Heb 3:7-11, 15; Hebrews 4:7
• 7. Exodus 17:2-7; Numbers 20:13
• 8. Exodus 17:7; Deuteronomy 6:16
• 9. Numbers 14:22; Psalms 78:18; 1 Corinthians 10:9
• 10. Acts 7:36; Acts 13:18; Hebrews 3:10, 17
• 11. Num 14:23, 28-30; Deuteronomy 1:35; Hebrews 4:3, 5
• 12. Deuteronomy 12:9

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "pasturing"
• [b]. Or "O that you would obey"
• [c]. Or "place of strife"
• [d]. Or "temptation"