Hebrews 3:7

Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith

3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

Hebrews 3:15

3:15 As it says,Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

Psalms 95:7

95:7 For he is our God;

we are the people of his pasture,

the sheep he owns.

Today, if only you would obey him!


sn The following quotation is from Ps 95:7b-11.

tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

tn Grk “while it is said.”

tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.

tn Heb “of his hand.”

tn Heb “if only you would listen to his voice.” The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (cf. Ps 81:8). Note that the apodosis (the “then” clause of the conditional sentence) is suppressed.