Psalm 95:8-11

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 95:8

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 95:9

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 95:8

Verse 8 8.Harden not your heart, as in Meribah The Psalmist, having extolled and commended the kindness of God their Shepherd, takes occasion, as they were stiffnecked and disobedient, to remind them of their duty, as his flock, which was to yield a pliable and meek submission; and the more to impress their minds, he upbraids them with the obstinacy of their fathers. The term מריבה , Meribah, may be used appellatively to mean strife or contention; but as the Psalmist evidently refers to the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:9

Verse 9 9When your fathers tempted me, they proved me The Psalmist insinuates, as I have already remarked, that the Jews had been from the first of a perverse and almost intractable spirit. And there were two reasons which made it highly useful to remind the children of the guilt chargeable upon their fathers. We know how apt men are to follow the example of their predecessors; custom begets a sanction; what is ancient becomes venerable, and such is the blinding influence of home example, that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:10

Verse 10 10.Forty years I strove with this generation (67) The Psalmist brings it forward as an aggravation of their perverse obstinacy, that God strove with them for so long a time without effect. Occasionally it will happen that there is a violent manifestation of perversity which soon subsides; but God complains that he had constant grounds of contention with his people, throughout the whole forty years. And this proves to us the incurable waywardness of that people. The word generation is... read more

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