Psalm 95:7-11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 95:7-11

The latter part of this psalm, which begins in the middle of a verse, is an exhortation to those who sing gospel psalms to live gospel lives, and to hear the voice of God's word; otherwise, how can they expect that he should hear the voice of their prayers and praises? Observe, I. The duty required of all those that are the people of Christ's pasture and the sheep of his hand. He expects that they hear his voice, for he has said, My sheep hear my voice, John 10:27. We are his people, say they.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:7

For he is our God ,.... God over all, blessed for ever, truly and properly God, and therefore to be worshipped: "our God"; in whom we have interest, who became our head and surety in covenant; took upon him our nature, is our "Immanuel", God with as, which increases the obligation to worship him; these are the words of New Testament saints: and we are the people of his pasture ; for whom he has provided a good pasture; whom he leads into it, and feeds in it, even by the ministry of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:8

Harden not your hearts ,.... Against Christ, against his Gospel, against all the light and evidence of it. There is a natural hardness of the heart, owing to the corruption of nature; and an habitual hardness, acquired by a constant continuance and long custom in sinning; and there is a judicial hardness, which God gives men up unto. There is a hardness of heart, which sometimes attends God's own people, through the deceitfulness of sin gaining upon them; of which, when sensible, they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:9

When your fathers tempted me ,.... Or, "where" F9 אשר "quo", Pagninus, Montanus; "ubi", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus, so Ainsworth. ; that is, in the wilderness, particularly at Meribah and Massah; it was Christ they tempted, as appears from 1 Corinthians 10:9 . proved me : had proof of his power, goodness, and mercy, in providing for them, and in the preservation of them: or "tried" F11 בחנוני "explorarunt me", Tigurine version, Piscator, Gejerus. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:10

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation ,.... The generation of the wilderness, as the Jews commonly call them; and which was a stubborn and a rebellious one, whose heart and spirit were not right with God, Psalm 78:8 , wherefore, speaking after the manner of men, God was grieved with them, as he was with the old world, Genesis 6:6 , or he was "weary" of them, and "loathed" them as the word F12 אקוט "fastidio habui", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Gejerus, so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:11

Unto whom I sware in my wrath ,.... Being angry with them, he sware for the confirmation of what he said; the form of the oath was, "as truly as I live"; he sware by himself, for he could swear by no greater; see Numbers 14:21 . that they should not enter into my rest ; the land of Canaan, or Israel, as Kimchi; which the Lord provided, promised, and gave to the Israelites, as their rest; the land of Israel and Jerusalem, as Jarchi; or the house of the sanctuary, the temple, as the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:7

For he is our God - Here is the reason for this service. He has condescended to enter into a covenant with us, and he has taken us for his own; therefore: - We are the people of his pasture - Or, rather, as the Chaldee, Syriac, Vulgate, and Ethiopic read, "We are his people, and the sheep of the pasture of his hand." We are his own; he feeds and governs us, and his powerful hand protects us. To-day if ye will hear his voice - To-day-you have no time to lose; to-morrow may be too... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:9

When your fathers tempted me - Tried me, by their insolence, unbelief, and blasphemy. They proved me - they had full proof of my power to save and to destroy. There they saw my works - they saw that nothing was too hard for God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:10

Forty years long - They did nothing but murmur, disbelieve, and rebel, from the time they began their journey at the Red Sea till they passed over Jordan, a period of forty years. During all this time God was grieved by that generation; yet he seldom showed forth that judgment which they most righteously had deserved. It is a people that do err in their heart - Or, according to the Chaldee, These are a people whose idols are in their hearts. At any rate they had not God there. They... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:7

Verse 7 7Because he is our God While it is true that all men were created to praise God, there are reasons why the Church is specially said to have been formed for that end, (Isaiah 61:3.) The Psalmist was entitled to require this service more particularly from the hands of his chosen people. This is the reason why he impresses upon the children of Abraham the invaluable privilege which God had conferred upon them in taking them under his protection. God may indeed be said in a sense to have... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 95:7-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:7

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