Passage

Psalms 95

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3. For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods. 4. In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also. 5. The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land. 6. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker: 7. For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice! 8. Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness; 9. When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work. 10. Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways: 11. Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest." (Psalms 95:1-11, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation! 2. Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs! 3. For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods. 4. In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. 5. The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land. 6. Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker, 7. for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice! 8. Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, 9. when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work. 10. Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways.” 11. Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”" (Psalms 95:1-11, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. ^{come: Heb. prevent his face} 3. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. ^{In: Heb. In whose} ^{the strength: or, the heights of the hills are his} 5. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. ^{The sea: Heb. Whose the sea is} 6. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. 7. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 8. Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: ^{provocation: Heb. contention} 9. When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 10. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: 11. Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. ^{that: Heb. if they enter into my rest}" (Psalms 95:1-11, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation. 2. We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him. 3. For a great God [is] Jehovah, And a great king over all gods. 4. In whose hand [are] the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills [are] His. 5. Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land. 6. Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker. 7. For He [is] our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken, 8. Harden not your heart as [in] Meribah, As [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness, 9. Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work. 10. Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, 'A people erring in heart, they! And they have not known My ways:' 11. Where I sware in Mine anger, 'If they come in unto My rest, !'" (Psalms 95:1-11, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

David

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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