Psalms 95

An exhortation to the praise, service and obedience of God because of his greatness: together with a Dehortation of not hard done, which therefore entered not into his rest.

1. Come [Here the name of David is not prefixed, but the postle testifieth: Hebr.4.7. that David is the Author of this Psalm, and that he spake these words to the Israelites] let us sing cheerfully unto the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation.

2. Let us go meet his face with praise, let us shout unto him with Psalms.

3. For the LORD is a great God: yea a great King above all Gods; [i.e. above all Angels, Princes and potentates of the world, or above all false Gods, or above all that is called God; thus likewise Psalms 8:6. and 96.4,5.]

4. In whose hand the deepest places of the earth are, and the tops of hills are his: [Or, the mightinesses, that is to say, the mighty high hills or mountains; or those highly elevated tops of hills, which no man is able to surmount fully.]

5. Whose also the Sea is, for he hath made it, and his hands have formed the dry land.

6. Come let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD that made us. [Hebr. Which is our Maker, as if he said, Our Creator for body and soul, and who doth likewise regenerate us by his spirit, as Psalms 100:3.]

7. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand: [Whom he doth lead and guides with his hand.] To day if ye hear his voice; [i.e. during the time wherein he yet speaketh unto you.]

8. Harden not your hearts, as at Meriba: as on the day of Massa, [i.e. of the temptation] in the wilderness:

9. Where you fathers tempted me, [The Apostle alledging these words, 1 Cor.10.9. saith they tempted Christ] proved me, saw also my works: [viz. How I punished them for their disobedience: and shewed mercy again unto them, when they turned themselves unto me.]

10. Fourty years was I vexed with (this) generation [Your forefathers, namely the disobedient Israelites, wandering in the wilderness:] and said, they are a people erring from heart: [their hearts and minds are ever wood-ward, straying and wandering] and they know not [i.e. they care not, desire not to know] my ways: [my Commandments to walk therein.]

11. Therefore I sware in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest! [i.e. They shall not enter therein. See of this kind of swearing, Numb. 14.23. and Psalms 89:36. By his est understand the land of Canaan, as Deut.1.34,35. And 12.9. which the Apostle declareth to be a type or figure of enternal life, Heb.4.7.]