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The psalmist calls everyone to worship the Lord for He is great and we are His people. He then warns us not to harden our hearts when we hear His voice as happened at Meribah and Massah.
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Psalms 95:1-11
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O come, let us a sing for joy to the Lord ,
Let us shout joyfully to b the rock of our salvation.
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Let us a come before His presence
b with 1 thanksgiving,
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Let us shout joyfully to Him
c with 2 psalms.
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For the Lord is a a great God
And a great King b above all gods,
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In whose hand are the a depths of the earth,
The peaks of the mountains are His also.
1 The sea is His,
for it was He a who made it,
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And His hands formed the dry land.
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Come, let us a worship and bow down,
Let us b kneel before the Lord our c Maker.
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For He is our God,
And a we are the people of His 1 b pasture and the sheep of His hand.
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c Today, 2 if you would hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts,
as at 1 a Meribah,
As in the day of 2 b Massah in the wilderness,
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“When your fathers a tested Me,
They tried Me,
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though they had seen My work.
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“For a forty years
I loathed that generation,
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And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.
“Therefore I a swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My b rest.”
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Psalm Type: Celebration and Affirmation
Synonymous Parallelism: the following lines repeat or reinforce the sense of the first line.
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Psalms 95:1-11
A. Call to Worship
O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,
Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence
with thanksgiving,
Let us shout joyfully to Him
with psalms.
B. Reason to Worship
For the Lord is a great God
And a great King above all gods,
In whose hand are the depths of the earth,
The peaks of the mountains are His also.
The sea is His,
for it was He who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.
A’. Call to worship
Come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
B’. Reason to Worship
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
C. Call Not to Harden One’s Heart
Today, if you would hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts,
as at Meribah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
“When your fathers tested Me,
They tried Me, though they had seen My work.
“For forty years
I loathed that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.
“Therefore I swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”
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