Psalms 95
1 Come, sing to Yahweh; sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!
Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud 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’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
3 Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king [who rules] over all [other] gods.
For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
4 He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.
In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his.
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. 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.
Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, 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. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would 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.
Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of 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].
when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
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 long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “They are a people who err in their heart. They have not known 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 swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”
