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 presence 3 with thanksgiving!
Let’s shout out to him in celebration! 4
95:3 For the Lord is a great God,
a great king who is superior to 5 all gods.
95:4 The depths of the earth are in his hand, 6
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
95:5 The sea is his, for he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.
95:6 Come! Let’s bow down and worship! 7
Let’s kneel before the Lord, our creator!
95:7 For he is our God;
we are the people of his pasture,
the sheep he owns. 8
Today, if only you would obey him! 9
1 sn 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.
2 tn Heb “to the rocky summit of our deliverance.”
3 tn Heb “meet his face.”
4 tn Heb “with songs of joy.”
5 tn Heb “above.”
7 tn The phrase “in his hand” means within the sphere of his authority.
9 tn Heb “kneel down.”
11 tn Heb “of his hand.”
12 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.