“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,”
The flock metaphor: "For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand." The relationship is characterized as shepherd to flock; the people's dependence on divine guidance is established.
Church Fathers on Psalms 95:7
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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