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Psalm 95

1Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

3For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods.

1O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

3For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

Commentary · verses 1-3

This psalm began with an exhortation to praise God because He was great and above all gods.

4In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also.

5The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.

4In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.

5The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

Commentary · verses 4-5

Things with no will were in God's complete control.

6Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:

6O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

Commentary · verse 6

Jehovah, the I AM, was our Creator.

7For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

7For 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,

8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Commentary · verses 7-8

Hebrews 3:15 referenced the previous two verses. Hebrews 4:7 only referenced verse 8.

9When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.

10Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:

9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

10Forty 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:

Commentary · verses 9-10

See Numbers 14:26-35 regarding God being "grieved" with His people.

11Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.

11Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Commentary · verse 11

Hebrews 3:7-11 referenced the previous five verses. Hebrews 4:5 only referenced verse 11.

Psalms 91-95 covered the beginning of the "Numbers" section. It began with two psalms from Moses. So far, the rest of the psalms from the "Numbers" section were psalms of praise to God in the face of adversity.

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