Psalm 95:8 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 95:8

Harden not your heart - See this verse explained in the notes at Hebrews 3:8.As in the provocation ... - Margin, “contention.” The original is “Meribah.” See Exodus 17:7, where the original words Meribah, rendered here “provocation,” and “Massah,” rendered here “temptation,” are retained in the translation. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 95:8-9

Psalms 95:8-9. Harden not your heart As if he had said, If ye will hear his voice, and profit by what you hear, then do not harden your hearts by obstinate unbelief and wilful disobedience, rebelling against the light, and resisting the Holy Ghost, and the clear discoveries which he makes of the truth of the gospel; as in the provocation As you did in that bold and wicked contest in the wilderness. Hebrew, כמריבה , chimeribah, as in Meribah, which was the proper name of the place... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:1-11

Psalms 95-96 God the creator of the universeSix psalms, 95 to 100, are grouped so as to form a series for use in temple worship. The first psalm opens by calling people to worship God because he is the saviour (95:1-2), the great God (3), the creator and controller of the universe (4-5), the maker of the human race (6) and, above all, the covenant Lord and shepherd of his people (7). Worship, however, must be joined to obedience. Israel’s experiences in the wilderness show that people might... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 95:8

in the provocation = at Meribah (Numbers 20:13 ). temptation = Massah (Exodus 17:7 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 95:8

"Harden not your hearts, as at Meribah,As in the day of Massah in the wilderness.""Massah and Meribah" (Psalms 95:8). These two names are applied to only one place in Exodus 17:7; and in the passage here, as in Deuteronomy 33:8, they are used as parallel statements. Ewing referred to them as, "Double names for the same place."[8]The unfaithfulness of Israel was principally that of their complaining and murmuring against God, a behavior that was actually due to their unbelief. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 95:8

8-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint ( :-) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Exodus 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Psalms 78:18; Psalms 78:41). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 95:1-11

Psalms 95The psalmist extolled Yahweh as the great King above all gods and urged the Israelites to worship Him alone rather than disbelieving Him. The Septuagint translators credited David with writing this psalm, which the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews followed (Hebrews 4:7). This is another "enthronement" psalm (cf. Psalms 47, 93, 96-99). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 95:7-11

2. Exhortation to believe the sovereign Lord 95:7b-11Israel, however, had been a wayward flock in the past. This led the writer to warn the people to avoid the sins that had resulted in the wilderness wanderings, "the world’s longest funeral march." [Note: Wiersbe, The . . . Wisdom . . ., p. 265.] At Meribah (lit. strife; Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:2-13) and Massah (lit. testing; Exodus 17:1-7) Israel tested God by demanding that He provide for them on their terms. They should have simply... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:1-11

This Ps. (the ’Venite,’ ’Invitatory Psalm’) consists of a call to praise God as King, as the Creator of the world, and the Shepherd of His people (Psalms 95:1-7), followed by a warning against unbelief, drawn from the fate of the rebellious Israelites in the wilderness (Psalms 95:7-11). There is nothing to mark its date, but like the other Pss. of the same group it may be referred to the days of the return from Babylon.4. Strength of the hills] RV ’heights of the mountains.’7. If ye will] RV... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 95:8

(8) The mention of the guiding voice suggests to the poet to make God Himself address His people, and with this verse the Divine warning begins.Provocation . . . temptation.—It is better to keep here the proper names Meribah and Massah (Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:13 : comp. Deuteronomy 33:8). read more