Psalm 95:4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 95:1-6

The psalmist here, as often elsewhere, stirs up himself and others to praise God; for it is a duty which ought to be performed with the most lively affections, and which we have great need to be excited to, being very often backward to it and cold in it. Observe, I. How God is to be praised. 1. With holy joy and delight in him. The praising song must be a joyful noise, Ps. 95:1 and again Ps. 95:2. Spiritual joy is the heart and soul of thankful praise. It is the will of God (such is the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 95:4

In his hand are the deep places of the earth ,.... The "penetrals" F3 מחקרי "penetralia terrae", Musculus, Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis. of it; not only what are penetrated by men, the minerals that are in it; but what are of such deep recess as to be penetrated only by the Lord himself; these are in the hands and power of Christ, which he can search into, discover, and dispose of; these are the foundations of the earth, which cannot be searched out beneath by men, Jeremiah 31:37 ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 95:4

In his hand are the deep places of the earth - The greatest deeps are fathomed by him. The strength of the hills is his also - And to him the greatest heights are accessible, read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 95:1-7

The song of praise. This seems to terminate with the words, "We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 95:1-11

In the Septuagint the psalm is ascribed to David, and this view seems to have been taken by the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews ( Hebrews 4:7 ). But modern critics are generally of opinion that the style is not that of the Davidical psalms. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 95:1-11

The invitatory psalm. It has been thus called in Christian Liturgies throughout Christendom, and chiefly because of its fervent invitation to praise. But it is also an equally earnest invitation to hearken and to believe. Let us take that which stands at the beginning, and consider— I. THE INVITATION TO PRAISE . In this is shown: 1 . To whom the praise is to be rendered. It is to Jehovah, the Rock of our salvation. 2 . Think of the many ministries which the word " ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 95:1-11

Public worship-its necessity and advantage. I. ITS NATURE . 1 . Thanksgiving and praise. ( Psalms 95:1 , Psalms 95:2 .) We need special seasons for thinking over our privileges and cultivating gratitude, and the utterance of the spirit of praise. 2 . Adoration and prayer. ( Psalms 95:6 .) God's love thus a cause for our cleansing. Christ's promises and grace inexhaustible. Who can drink the river of his love dry? Confession and supplication. 3 . Listening to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 95:4

In his hand are the deep places of the earth; the strength of the hills is his also ; rather, the summits of the mountains are his also. The meaning is that all the earth is his, from the highest heights to the lowest depths. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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