Psalms 95
1 Come, sing to Yahweh; sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!
O come, let us sing to the LORD; Let us raise a voice of joy to the rock of our salvation!
2 We should thank him as we come before him, and sing (joyful songs/joyfully) as we praise him.
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving, And sing joyfully to him with psalms!
3 Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king [who rules] over all [other] gods.
For Jehovah is a great God; Yea, a great king over all gods.
4 He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.
In his hands are the depths of the earth; His also are the heights of the mountains.
5 The seas are his, because he made them. He is [also] the one who [SYN] formed/made the dry land.
The sea is his, and he made it; The dry land also his hands formed.
6 We should come, worship, and bow down before him. We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.
O come, let us worship and bow down! Let us kneel before the LORD, our maker!
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 our God, And we are the people of his pasture and the flock of his hand. O that ye would now hear his voice!
8 He says, “Do not become stubborn [IDM] like [your ancestors] did at Meribah, and like [they did] at Massah in the desert.
“Harden not your hearts as at Meribah [[the strife]], As in the day of temptation [[Massah]] in the wilderness,
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].
Where your fathers tempted me And tried me, although they had seen 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 was I offended with that generation: And I said, 'They are a people of a perverse heart, And who have no regard to my ways.'
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!’”
Therefore I sware, in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.”
