Chapter summary

Psalm 95 opens with a call to sing joyfully and shout to the Rock of salvation, entering the presence of the LORD with thanksgiving. The text describes the LORD as a great God and King over all gods, holding the depths of the earth and mountain peaks, and having made the sea and dry land. Worshippers are invited to bow down and kneel before the LORD, their Maker, who is their God while they are the people of His pasture and sheep under His care. The psalm then shifts to an admonition not to harden hearts as the Israelites did at Meribah and Massah in the wilderness. In that place, their ancestors tested and tried God despite having seen His work. Consequently, God declares that for forty years He was angry with that generation whose hearts went astray and who did not know His ways, culminating in His oath that they would never enter His rest.

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