Psalm 95:7-11

7 because he is our God and we are the people he takes care of and the sheep that he tends. Today listen to what he says:

8 "Do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day at Massah in the desert.

9 There your ancestors tested me and tried me even though they saw what I did.

10 I was angry with those people for forty years. I said, 'They are not loyal to me and have not understood my ways.'

11 I was angry and made a promise, 'They will never enter my rest.'"

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.