Psalms 95

1 Come, sing to Yahweh; sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!

Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.

2 We should thank him as we come before him, and sing (joyful songs/joyfully) as we praise him.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

3 Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king [who rules] over all [other] gods.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

4 He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.

For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.

5 The seas are his, because he made them. He is [also] the one who [SYN] formed/made the dry land.

For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

6 We should come, worship, and bow down before him. We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.

Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.

7 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.

For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

8 He says, “Do not become stubborn [IDM] like [your ancestors] did at Meribah, and like [they did] at Massah in the desert.

Today if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

9 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].

As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

10 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.’

Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart.

11 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!’”

And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.