Psalm 95:1-2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 95[a]
A Call to Praise and Obedience
I
1 Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord;
cry out to the rock of our salvation.(A)
2 Let us come before him with a song of praise,
joyfully sing out our psalms.
Footnotes
- Psalm 95 Twice the Psalm calls the people to praise and worship God (Ps 95:1–2, 6), the king of all creatures (Ps 95:3–5) and shepherd of the flock (Ps 95:7a, 7b). The last strophe warns the people to be more faithful than were their ancestors in the journey to the promised land (Ps 95:7c–11). This invitation to praise God regularly opens the Church’s official prayer, the Liturgy of the Hours.
Psalm 95:6-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
II
6 Enter, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the Lord who made us.
7 For he is our God,
we are the people he shepherds,
the sheep in his hands.(A)
III
Oh, that today you would hear his voice:(B)
Psalm 95:8-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on the day of Massah in the desert.[a]
9 There your ancestors tested me;
they tried me though they had seen my works.(A)
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