Psalms 95

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

לכו נרננה ליהוה נריעה לצור ישענו

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

נקדמה פניו בתודה בזמרות נריע לו

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

כי אל גדול יהוה ומלך גדול על-כל-אלהים

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

אשר בידו מחקרי-ארץ ותועפת הרים לו

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

אשר-לו הים והוא עשהו ויבשת ידיו יצרו

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

באו נשתחוה ונכרעה נברכה לפני-יהוה עשנו

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.

כי הוא אלהינו-- ואנחנו עם מרעיתו וצאן ידו היום אם-בקלו תשמעו

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

אל-תקשו לבבכם כמריבה כיום מסה במדבר

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].

אשר נסוני אבותיכם בחנוני גם-ראו פעלי

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.’

ארבעים שנה אקוט בדור-- ואמר עם תעי לבב הם והם לא-ידעו דרכי

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!’”

אשר-נשבעתי באפי אם-יבאון אל-מנוחתי