Psalms 95
1 The Praise of a Canticle, of David himself. Come, let us exult in the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior.
Come, sing to Yahweh; sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!
2 Let us anticipate his presence with confession, and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
We should thank him as we come before him, and sing (joyful songs/joyfully) as we praise him.
3 For the Lord is a great God and a great King over all gods.
Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king [who rules] over all [other] gods.
4 For in his hand are all the limits of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are his.
He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.
5 For the sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
The seas are his, because he made them. He is [also] the one who [SYN] formed/made the dry land.
6 Come, let us adore and fall prostrate, and let us weep before the Lord who made us.
We should come, worship, and bow down before him. We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.
7 For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
He is our God, and we are the people whom he takes care of [MET]; like sheep [that a shepherd] takes care of. Today, listen to what Yahweh is saying to you.
8 If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
He says, “Do not become stubborn [IDM] like [your ancestors] did at Meribah, and like [they did] at Massah in the desert.
9 as in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.
There your ancestors (wanted to see/tried to determine) if they could do many very evil things [without my punishing them]. Even though they had seen me perform [many] miracles, they tested whether I [would continue to be patient with them].
10 For forty years, I was offended by that generation, and I said: These have always strayed in heart.
For 40 years I was angry with those people, and I said, ‘Those people say that they want to please me, but they do things that I detest. They refuse to obey my commands.’
11 And these have not known my ways. So I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest.
So because I was very angry, I solemnly said/declared about them: ‘They will never enter [the land of Canaan] where I would have allowed them to rest!’”
