Psalm 95:7-11

7 porque él es nuestro Dios.
Somos el pueblo que él vigila,
el rebaño a su cuidado.
¡Si tan solo escucharan hoy su voz!

8 El Señor
dice: «No endurezcan el corazón como Israel en Meriba,
como lo hizo el pueblo en el desierto de Masá.

9 Allí sus antepasados me tentaron y pusieron a prueba mi paciencia,
a pesar de haber visto todo lo que hice.

10 Durante cuarenta años estuve enojado con ellos y dije:
“Son un pueblo cuyo corazón se aleja de mí;
rehúsan hacer lo que les digo”.

11 Así que en mi enojo juré:
“Ellos nunca entrarán a mi lugar de descanso”».

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.