Psalms 95
1 Come, let vs reioyce vnto the Lord: let vs sing aloude vnto the rocke of our saluation.
Come, sing to Yahweh; sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!
2 Let vs come before his face with praise: let vs sing loude vnto him with Psalmes.
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 aboue all gods.
Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king [who rules] over all [other] gods.
4 In whose hande are the deepe places of the earth, and the heightes of the mountaines are his:
He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.
5 To whome the Sea belongeth: for hee made it, and his handes 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 vs worship and fall downe, and kneele before the Lord our maker.
We should come, worship, and bow down before him. We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.
7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheepe of his hande: to day, if ye will heare his voyce,
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 Harden not your heart, as in Meribah, and as in the day of Massah in the wildernesse.
He says, “Do not become stubborn [IDM] like [your ancestors] did at Meribah, and like [they did] at Massah in the desert.
9 Where your fathers tempted me, proued me, though they had seene my worke.
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 Fourtie yeeres haue I contended with this generation, and said, They are a people that erre in heart, for they haue not knowen my wayes.
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 Wherefore I sware in my wrath, saying, Surely 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!’”
