Psalms 95
[1]An exhortation to praise God for his greatness, [6]and for creating and preserving us: [8]and not to tempt him as did Israel in the wilderness.
1. O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
5. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
6. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
7. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8. Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9. When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
11. Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
NKJV
1.
Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
2.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
3.
For the Lord is the great God,
And the great King above all gods.
4.
In His hand are the deep places of the earth;
The heights of the hills are His also.
5.
The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.
6.
Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7.
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice:
8.
“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion,
As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
9.
When your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they saw My work.
10.
For forty years I was grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11.
So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
For the Lord is the great God,
And the great King above all gods.
In His hand are the deep places of the earth;
The heights of the hills are His also.
The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.
Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice:
“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion,
As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
When your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they saw My work.
For forty years I was grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
Metrical version
Psalm 95
C.M. Dunfermline
O come, let us sing to the LORD: come, let us every one A joyful noise make to the Rock of our salvation. Let us before his presence come with praise and thankful voice; Let us sing psalms to him with grace, and make a joyful noise. For GOD, a great God, and great King, above all gods he is. Depths of the earth are in his hand, the strength of hills is his. To him the spacious sea belongs, for he the same did make; The dry land also from his hands its form at first did take. O come, and let us worship him, let us bow down withal, And on our knees before the LORD our Maker let us fall. For he's our God, the people we of his own pasture are, And of his hand the sheep; to-day, if ye his voice will hear, Then harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, As in the desert, on the day of the tentation: When me your fathers tempt'd and proved, and did my working see; Ev'n for the space of forty years this race hath grieved me. I said, This people errs in heart, my ways they do not know: To whom I sware in wrath, that to my rest they should not go.
This psalm contains, (1.) Solemn calls to celebrate the praises of Jesus and his Father, on account of what he had done, and what he is to us, and we to him, ver. 1-7. (2.) Alarming warnings, to hear his voice, and not to harden our hearts, as the Israelites in the desert, who on that account were debarred from the promised land, ver. 7-11.
While I sing, let me behold the glories of my Redeemer, and believe my new-covenant relation to him; and while it is yet called to-day, let me beware of being hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. And since there is a promise left me of entering into his rest, let me take heed, lest I should seem to come short of it, through unbelief.