Psalms 95

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95:1
לְכוּ נְרַנְּנָה לַיהוָה נָרִיעָה לְצוּר יִשְׁעֵנוּ׃
O come, let us sing unto the LORD; Let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
95:2
נְקַדְּמָה פָנָיו בְּתוֹדָה בִּזְמִרוֹת נָרִיעַ לוֹ׃
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout for joy unto Him with psalms.
95:3
כִּי אֵל גָּדוֹל יְהוָה וּמֶלֶךְ גָּדוֹל עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִים׃
For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods;
95:4
אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ מֶחְקְרֵי־אָרֶץ וְתוֹעֲפוֹת הָרִים לוֹ׃
In whose hand are the depths of the earth; The heights of the mountains are His also.
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95:5
אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ הַיָּם וְהוּא עָשָׂהוּ וְיַבֶּשֶׁת יָדָיו יָצָרוּ׃
The sea is His, and He made it; And His hands formed the dry land.
95:6
בֹּאוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְנִכְרָעָה נִבְרְכָה לִפְנֵי־יְהוָה עֹשֵׂנוּ׃
O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
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95:7
כִּי הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ עַם מַרְעִיתוֹ וְצֹאן יָדוֹ הַיּוֹם אִם־בְּקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ׃
For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, and the flock of His hand. To-day, if ye would but hearken to His voice!
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95:8
אַל־תַּקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָה כְּיוֹם מַסָּה בַּמִּדְבָּר׃
'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
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95:9
אֲשֶׁר נִסּוּנִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם בְּחָנוּנִי גַּם־רָאוּ פָעֳלִי׃
When your fathers tried Me, Proved Me, even though they saw My work.
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95:10
אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה אָקוּט בְּדוֹר וָאֹמַר עַם תֹּעֵי לֵבָב הֵם וְהֵם לֹא־יָדְעוּ דְרָכָי׃
For forty years was I wearied with that generation, And said: It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known My ways;
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95:11
אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בְאַפִּי אִם־יְבֹאוּן אֶל־מְנוּחָתִי׃
Wherefore I swore in My wrath, That they should not enter into My rest.'
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@Blue43

Celebration, then a sharp warning

'O come, let us worship' opens with celebration and then pivots into a sharp warning about hardening hearts 'as in the provocation,' referencing Meribah from Exodus and Numbers. Hebrews quotes this warning at length, using it to caution against unbel...

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