Psalms 95:1-2

Psalm 95¹

95:1 Come! Let’s sing for joy to the Lord!

Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!²

95:2 Let’s enter his presence³ with thanksgiving!

Let’s shout out to him in celebration!⁴

Psalms 98:8-9

98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands!

Let the mountains sing in unison

98:9 before the Lord!

For he comes to judge the earth!

He judges the world fairly,⁵

and the nations in a just manner.

Psalms 100:1-2

Psalm 100⁶

A thanksgiving psalm.

100:1 Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

100:2 Worship⁷ the Lord with joy!

Enter his presence with joyful singing!

Deuteronomy 12:12

12:12 You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages⁸ (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).⁹

Deuteronomy 12:1

The Central Sanctuary

12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors,¹⁰ has given you to possess.¹¹

Deuteronomy 5:16

5:16 Honor¹² your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he¹³ is about to give you.

¹sn Psalm 95. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God as the creator of the world and the nation’s protector, but he also reminds the people not to rebel against God.

²tn Heb “to the rocky summit of our deliverance.”

³tn Heb “meet his face.”

⁴tn Heb “with songs of joy.”

⁵tn The verbal forms in v. 9 probably describe God’s typical, characteristic behavior, though they may depict in dramatic fashion the outworking of divine judgment or anticipate a future judgment of worldwide proportions (“will judge…”).

⁶sn Psalm 100. The psalmist celebrates the fact that Israel has a special relationship to God and summons worshipers to praise the Lord for his faithfulness.

⁷tn Or “serve.”

⁸tn Heb “within your gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “who belongs to your community.”

⁹sn They have no allotment or inheritance with you. See note on the word “inheritance” in Deut 10:9.

¹⁰tn Heb “fathers.”

¹¹tn Heb “you must be careful to obey in the land the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days which you live in the land.” This adverbial statement modifies “to obey,” not “to possess,” so the order in the translation has been rearranged to make this clear.

¹²tn The imperative here means, literally, “regard as heavy” (כַּבֵּד, kabbed). The meaning is that great importance must be ascribed to parents by their children.

¹³tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “He” in 5:3.