Psalms 95:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.”

Psalms 95:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 95:26 words

HebrewMeaning

נְקַדְּמָ֣הnəqadəmāh

let us approachverbH6923

) before · disappoint · meet · prevent

פָנָ֣י/וpānāyw

presence hisnounH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

בְּ/תוֹדָ֑הbətwōdāh

with thanksgivingpronH8426

praise · thanks(-giving · offering)

בִּ֝/זְמִר֗וֹתbizəmirwōt

with songspronH2158

singing · song

נָרִ֥יעַֽnāriyʿa

let us shout for joyverbH7321

cry (alarm · aloud · out) · destroy ···

לֽ/וֹlwō

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 95:2

1. I could wish, brethren, that we were rather listening to our father: but even this is a good thing, to obey our father. Since therefore he who deigns to pray for us, has ordered us, I will speak unto you, beloved, what from the present Psalm Jesus Christ our common Lord shall deign to give us. Now the title of the Psalm is “David's Song of praise.” The “Song of praise” signifies both cheerfulness, in that it is a song; and devotion, for it is praise. For what ought a man…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 95 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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