Psalm 95 Commentary
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KEY THOUGHT: Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. [Psalm 95:6 NKJV]
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Psalm 95 NKJV
A Call to Worship and Obedience
95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
3 For the Lord is the great God,
And the great King above all gods.
4 [a]In His hand are the deep places of the earth;
The heights of the hills are His also.
5 The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.
6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7 For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep [b]of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice:
8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the [c]rebellion,
As in the day of [d]trial in the wilderness,
9 When your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they saw My work.
10 For forty years I was [e]grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
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New King James Version (NKJV)
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Psalm 95 Commentary
We can sing, shout, and give thanks in song. We can bow down in worship, as well as kneel before the LORD our Maker. All because of the instructions in this chapter.
Of course, other psalms will talk about clapping of hands, dancing, lifting hands, the use of instruments, and meditating.
All this is fine, but the chapter is keen on one even more important act of worship: Obedience. “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness.” Verse 8.
It’s not the first time the scripture is placing obedience ahead of rituals. “To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams,” said the great prophet Samuel to errant King Saul.
It is little wonder that obedience becomes the yardstick for measuring one’s worthiness for eternal rest.
Once you have obeyed, then praises and thanksgiving can flow!
At the waters of Meribah Kadesh, the community in transit rose up against Moses and Aaron for lack of water. After prayer, the LORD instructed Moses to speak to the rock. But in anger and pride, Moses hit the rock instead, dishonoring the LORD in the process. Moses and Aaron were immediately disqualified from crossing over into Canaan.
The warning is strong. At Massah, the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
It is a ‘Massah scandal’ when the saint sets out to pray by questioning God’s presence because of some difficulties they face. Or probably because the LORD hasn’t intervened the way they wanted.
The saint will have put the LORD God in a box he has defined. He has subtracted from the sovereignty of the Creator God. He will have created a sub-god who simply says yes to mortals. The saint has disobeyed commandment number one.
We “shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation,” we don’t hit “Him”.
The temptation to complain as we pray is very high, but the LORD instructs that we simply pray. Let there be obedience, submission, trust, peace, and joy each time we pray.
Better still, let praises and thanksgiving flow!
And why not? The Rock is tender, loving, kind, caring, peace-loving, ever-present, and gracious. But the immortal Rock is also just, always right, and almighty. Let there be no anger; let there be no pride. Let there be no disobedience.
You probably want to check yourself before you pray, lest you create your own Massah situation!
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