Psalms 95

Worship and Obey the Lord

1 Sing joyful songs to the Lord!

Praise the mighty rock*95.1 mighty rock: See the note at 18.2.

where we are safe.

2 Come to worship him

with thankful hearts

and songs of praise.

3 The Lord is the greatest God,

king over all other gods.

4 He holds the deepest part

of the earth in his hands,

and the mountain peaks

also belong to him.

5 The ocean is the Lord’s

because he made it,

and with his own hands

he formed the dry land.

6 Bow down and worship

the Lord our Creator!

7 *He 3.7-11.*He 3.15;4.7. The Lord is our God,

and we are his people,

the sheep he takes care of

in his own pasture.

Listen to God’s voice today!

8 *Ex 17.1-7;Nu 20.2-13. Don’t be stubborn and rebel

as your ancestors did

at Meribah and Massah*95.8 Meribah and Massah: See the note at 81.7.

out in the desert.

9 For forty years

they tested God and saw

the things he did.

10 Then God got tired of them

and said,

"You never show good sense,

and you don’t understand

what I want you to do."

11 *Nu 14.20-23;Dt 1.34-36;He 4.3,5. In his anger, God told them,

"You people will never enter

my place of rest."