1 Come, sing to Yahweh;

sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!

2 We should thank him as we come before him,

and sing ◄joyful songs/joyfully► as we praise him.

3 Because Yahweh is the great God,

he is a great king who rules over all other gods.

4 He rules over the whole earth,

from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.

5 The seas are his, because he made them.

He is also the one who [SYN] formed/made the dry land.

6 We should come, worship, and bow down before him.

We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.

7 He is our God,

and we are the people whom he takes care of [MET];

like sheep that a shepherd takes care of.

Today, listen to what Yahweh is saying to you.

8 He says, "Do not become stubborn [IDM] like your ancestors did at Meribah,

and like they did at Massah in the desert.

9 There your ancestors ◄wanted to see/tried to determine► if they could do many very evil things without my punishing them.

Even though they had seen me perform many miracles, they tested whether I would continue to be patient with them.

10 For 40 years I was angry with those people,

and I said, ‘Those people say that they want to please me, but they do things that I detest.

They refuse to obey my commands.’

11 So because I was very angry, I solemnly said/declared about them:

‘They will never enter the land of Canaan where I would have allowed them to rest!’"