PSALM 95
. David (Hebrews 4:7)
exhorts men to praise God for His greatness, and warns them, in God's
words, against neglecting His service.
1. The terms used to express the
highest kind of joy.
rock—a firm basis,
giving certainty of salvation ().
2. come . . . presence—literally,
"approach," or, meet Him ().
4, 5. The terms used describe
the world in its whole extent, subject to God.
6. come—or, "enter,"
with solemn forms, as well as hearts.
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).
10. err in their heart—Their
wanderings in the desert were but types of their innate ignorance and
perverseness.
that they should
not—literally, "if they," c., part of the form of
swearing (compare Numbers 14:30
Psalms 89:35).
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).
PSALM 95
. David (Hebrews 4:7) exhorts men to praise God for His greatness, and warns them, in God's words, against neglecting His service.
1. The terms used to express the highest kind of joy.
rock—a firm basis, giving certainty of salvation ().
2. come . . . presence—literally, "approach," or, meet Him ().
3. above . . . gods—esteemed such by men, though really nothing (Jeremiah 5:7; Jeremiah 10:10-15).
4, 5. The terms used describe the world in its whole extent, subject to God.
6. come—or, "enter," with solemn forms, as well as hearts.
7. This relation illustrates our entire dependence (compare Psalms 23:3; Psalms 74:1). The last clause is united by Paul (Hebrews 3:7) to the following (compare Psalms 81:8),
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).
10. err in their heart—Their wanderings in the desert were but types of their innate ignorance and perverseness.
that they should not—literally, "if they," c., part of the form of swearing (compare Numbers 14:30 Psalms 89:35).
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).