Psalms 95 — with JFB Commentary
The King James text with the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown commentary (1871, public domain) directly beneath the verses it explains. Verses without a JFB note stand alone.
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“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” — John 5:39
1O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
PSALM 95
Psa 95:1-11. David (He 4:7) exhorts men to praise God for His greatness, and warns them, in God's words, against neglecting His service.
1. The terms used to express the highest kind of joy.
rock--a firm basis, giving certainty of salvation (Psa 62:7).
2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
2. come ... presence--literally, "approach," or, meet Him (Psa 17:13).
3For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
3. above ... gods--esteemed such by men, though really nothing (Jr 5:7; 10:10-15).
4In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
4-5. The terms used describe the world in its whole extent, subject to God.
5The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
6O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
6. come--or, "enter," with solemn forms, as well as hearts.
7For 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,
7. This relation illustrates our entire dependence (compare Psa 23:3; 74:1). The last clause is united by Paul (He 3:7) to the following (compare Psa 81:8),
8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
8-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint (Nu 14:11) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Ex 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Psa 78:18, 41).
9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10Forty 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:
11Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
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