Psalms 95
1 The praise of a Song by David. Come, let us exult in the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to God our Saviour.
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, and make a joyful noise 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: for the Lord will not cast off his people.
Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king [who rules] over all [other] gods.
4 For the ends of the earth are in his hands; 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 is 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 worship and fall down before him; and weep before the Lord that 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 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 To-day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, according to the day of irritation 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 where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw 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 Forty years was I grieved with this generation, and said, They do always 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 So I sware 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!’”
