Psalms 95
11 verses
Psalm 95 is a liturgical hymn calling peoples to worship while warning against hardening hearts against God's covenant faithfulness, exemplifying the theological concerns of Book 4. The psalmist employs vivid imagery and direct address to God, establishing the intimate dialogue between worshiper and the divine that characterizes the psalmic tradition. The theological assertions center on God's character as both judge and redeemer, creating a comprehensive vision of divine justice and mercy integrated with human experience. The psalm reflects on both personal circumstance and communal identity, suggesting that individual faith finds validation through shared experience with the covenant community. The liturgical context indicates this psalm's function in worship where personal piety integrates with communal celebration of God's acts and attributes. The concluding movement typically affirms confidence in God's faithfulness, exemplifying the psalmic pattern of transformation through prayer and remembrance of divine acts throughout history.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
1
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
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Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
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For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
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In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
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The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
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O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
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For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
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Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
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When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
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Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
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Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
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