A Call to Worship and Obedience

95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with (A)psalms.
For (B)the Lord is the great God,
And the great King above all gods.
[a]In His hand are the deep places of the earth;
The heights of the hills are His also.
(C)The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let (D)us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For He is our God,
And (E)we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep [b]of His hand.

(F)Today, if you will hear His voice:
“Do not harden your hearts, as in the [c]rebellion,
(G)As in the day of [d]trial in the wilderness,
When (H)your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they (I)saw My work.
10 For (J)forty years I was [e]grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11 So (K)I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 95:4 In His possession
  2. Psalm 95:7 Under His care
  3. Psalm 95:8 Or Meribah, lit. Strife, Contention
  4. Psalm 95:8 Or Massah, lit. Trial, Testing
  5. Psalm 95:10 disgusted

95 Come, let us sing praise to the Lord!
    Let us shout praises to the Rock who saves us.
Come and worship him with songs of thanks.[a]
    Let us sing happy songs of praise to him.
For the Lord is a great God,
    the great King ruling over all the other “gods.”
The deepest caves and the highest mountains belong to him.
The ocean is his—he created it.
    He made the dry land with his own hands.
Come, let us bow down and worship him!
    Let us kneel before the Lord who made us.
He is our God,
    and we are the people he cares for,
    his sheep that walk by his side.

Listen to his voice today:
    “Don’t be stubborn, as you were at Meribah,
    as you were at Massah[b] in the desert.
Your ancestors doubted and tested me,
    even after they saw what I could do!
10 I was angry with them for 40 years.
    I said, ‘They are not faithful to me.
    They refuse to do what I say.’
11 So in my anger I made this vow:
    ‘They will never enter my land of rest.’”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 95:2 songs of thanks Or “thank offerings.”
  2. Psalm 95:8 Meribah … Massah See Ex. 17:1-7.