Psalms 95

A Song of Praise

1Come, let us praise the LORD !

Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!

2Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and sing joyful songs of praise.

3For the LORD is a mighty God,

a mighty king over all the gods.

4He rules over the whole earth,

from the deepest caves to the highest hills.

5He rules over the sea, which he made;

the land also, which he himself formed.

6Come, let us bow down and worship him;

let us kneel before the LORD , our Maker!

7He is our God;[#Heb 3.15; 4.7; #Heb 3.7–11]

we are the people he cares for,

the flock for which he provides.

Listen today to what he says:

8“Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,[#Ex 17.1–7; Num 20.2–13]

as they were that day in the desert at Massah.

9There they put me to the test and tried me,

although they had seen what I did for them.

10For forty years I was disgusted with those people.

I said, ‘How disloyal they are!

They refuse to obey my commands.’

11I was angry and made a solemn promise:[#Num 14.20–23; Deut 1.34–36; 12.9–10; Heb 4.3–5]

‘You will never enter the land

where I would have given you rest.’ ”

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