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95 O come, let us sing unto Hashem; let us make a joyful noise to the Tzur of our salvation.

Let us come before His presence with todah, and extol Him with zemirot (joyful songs).

For Hashem is El Gadol, and Melech Gadol above kol elohim (g-ds).

In His yad are the deep places of ha’aretz; the peaks of the harim are His also.

The yam is His, and He made it; and His hands formed the yabashah (dry land).

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Hashem Oseinu (our Maker).

For He is Eloheinu; and we are the people of His pasture, and the tzon of His yad. Today if ye will hear His voice,

Harden not your lev, as in Merivah, and as in the Yom Massah in the midbar;

When your avot tested Me, tried Me, and saw My work.

10 Arba’im shanah was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do stray in their lev, and they have no da’as of My ways;

11 Unto whom I swore an oath in My wrath that they should not enter into My menuchah.

Psalm 95

Come,(A) let us sing for joy(B) to the Lord;
    let us shout aloud(C) to the Rock(D) of our salvation.
Let us come before him(E) with thanksgiving(F)
    and extol him with music(G) and song.

For the Lord is the great God,(H)
    the great King(I) above all gods.(J)
In his hand are the depths of the earth,(K)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.(L)

Come, let us bow down(M) in worship,(N)
    let us kneel(O) before the Lord our Maker;(P)
for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,(Q)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
“Do not harden your hearts(R) as you did at Meribah,[a](S)
    as you did that day at Massah[b] in the wilderness,(T)
where your ancestors tested(U) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For forty years(V) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,(W)
    and they have not known my ways.’(X)
11 So I declared on oath(Y) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”(Z)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 95:8 Meribah means quarreling.
  2. Psalm 95:8 Massah means testing.