Psalms 95
1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD; let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Come, sing to Yahweh; sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, let us shout for joy unto 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 above all gods;
Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king [who rules] over all [other] gods.
4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are His also.
He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.
5 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 O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; let us kneel 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 flock of His hand. To-day, if ye would but hearken to His voice!
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 at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
He says, “Do not become stubborn [IDM] like [your ancestors] did at Meribah, and like [they did] at Massah in the desert.
9 When your fathers tried Me, proved Me, even though they saw My work.
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 was I wearied with that generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known My ways;
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 swore in My wrath, that they should 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!’”
