Read Psalm 95

Read Psalm 95

95           Come, let us praise the Lord!

Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!

²     Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and sing joyful songs of praise.

³     For the Lord is

a mighty God, a mighty king over all the gods.

⁴     He rules over the whole earth,

from the deepest caves to the highest hills.

⁵     He rules over the sea, which he made;

the land also, which he himself formed.

⁶     Come, let us bow down and worship him;

let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

⁷     He is our God;

we are the people he cares for,

the flock for which he provides.

Listen today to what he says:

⁸     “Don’t be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,

as they were that day in the desert at Massah.

⁹     There they put me to the test and tried me,

although they had seen what I did for them.

¹⁰   For forty years I was disgusted with those people.

I said, ‘How disloyal they are!

They refuse to obey my commands.’

¹¹   I was angry and made a solemn promise:

‘You will never enter the land

where I would have given you rest.’ ”

Think

Verses 1-5 serve as a reminder of who God is.  Verses 6-11 are a call for us to listen to him and be obedient to him because of who he is.  The Psalmist recalls Exodus 17:1-7, a moment in the Israelite’s journey out of Egypt in which they doubted whether God was with them.  They hardened their hearts – and stopped trusting in God.  This was one of the reasons their journey to freedom was diverted.

Pray

Lord, help me to trust in your love for me as I surrender to your call on my life.

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⁷ 95.7–11: He 3:7–11
95.7, 8: He 3:15; 4:7

⁸ 95.7–11: He 3:7–11
95.7–11: He 3:7–11
95.7, 8: He 3:15; 4:7
95.8, 9: Ex 17:1–7; Nu 20:2–13

⁹ 95.7–11: He 3:7–11
95.7–11: He 3:7–11
95.7–11: He 3:7–11
95.7, 8: He 3:15; 4:7
95.8, 9: Ex 17:1–7; Nu 20:2–13

¹⁰ 95.7–11: He 3:7–11

¹¹ 95.7–11: He 3:7–11
95.11 a: Nu 14:20–23; Dt 1:34–36; He 4:3, 5
95.11 b: Dt 12:9, 10