Psalm 95:4-5 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 95:4-5

The beautiful and sublime calling to devotion. There is a remarkable diversity in the psalms. Some express the struggling of earnest souls with the moral difficulties and mysteries of life (see Asaph's psalms). Some express the varieties of experience characterizing individual religious experience (see Psalms 42:1-11 .). The psalm now before us is one that expresses the influences of the varied aspects of nature upon the culture of religions life and feeling (see also Psalms 19:1-14 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 95:4-6

The material universe and its lessons. "In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land." The material universe suggests— I. THE PROFOUND MYSTERY OF SELF - EXISTENCE . Is it eternal, self-existent; or has it come from God in the way of direct creation or evolution? Self-existence an impossible conception, whether of the universe or of God; but it is also impossible to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 95:5

The sea is his, and he made it (see Genesis 1:9 ; Psalms 104:24 , Psalms 104:25 ). And his hands formed the dry land (see Genesis 1:9 , Genesis 1:10 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 95:4

In his hand - In his power, or under his control as his own. That is, he so possesses all things that they can be claimed by no other. His right over them is absolute and entire.Are the deep places of the earth - The word used here - מחקר mechqâr - means the interior, the inmost depth; that which is “searched out,” from - חקר châqar - to search, search out, explore. The primary idea is that of searching by boring or digging; and the allusion here is to the parts of the earth which could be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 95:5

The sea is his - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Whose the sea is.” That is, The sea belongs to him, with all which it contains.And he made it - It is his, “because” he made it. The creation of anything gives the highest possible right over it.And his hands formed the dry land - He has a claim, therefore, that it should be recognized as his, and that all who dwell upon it, and derive their support from it, should acknowledge him as its great Owner and Lord. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 95:4-5

Psalms 95:4-5. In his hand Under his government, and in his possession; are the deep places of the earth With all the treasures they contain; even those parts which are far out of men’s sight and reach. The strength of the hills Which, with majestic pride, tower above, and lift up their heads to heaven; is his also Even the highest and strongest mountains are under his feet, and at his disposal. The sea is his With its unnumbered waves, which roll in perpetual motion round the... 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 95:5

hands. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 95:4

"In his hand are the deep places of the earth;The heights of the mountains are his also."Ocean caves and mighty mountain peaks alike are God's. The mighty palm trees of the desert as well as the tiniest flowers that grow at the snow-line are God's; He made them all, protects them all and uses them all. The evidence and unmistakable witness of God's limitless intelligence and glory are seen alike in the sub-microscopic wonders of the tiny atom and in the measureless light-year distances of the... read more