תהילים 95

1 לכו נרננה ליהוה נריעה לצור ישענו

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

2 נקדמה פניו בתודה בזמרות נריע לו

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

3 כי אל גדול יהוה ומלך גדול על-כל-אלהים

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

4 אשר בידו מחקרי-ארץ ותועפת הרים לו

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

5 אשר-לו הים והוא עשהו ויבשת ידיו יצרו

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

6 באו נשתחוה ונכרעה נברכה לפני-יהוה עשנו

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

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

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 אל-תקשו לבבכם כמריבה כיום מסה במדבר

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

9 אשר נסוני אבותיכם בחנוני גם-ראו פעלי

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

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 אשר-נשבעתי באפי אם-יבאון אל-מנוחתי

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!’”