Psalms 95

1 Come, sing to Yahweh; sing joyfully to the one who protects us [MET] and saves us!

Come, let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout in triumph to the rock of our salvation!

2 We should thank him as we come before him, and sing (joyful songs/joyfully) as we praise him.

Let's go before him with thanksgiving! Let's sing loudly to him in celebration!

3 Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king [who rules] over all [other] gods.

For the Lord is a great God, a great king above all gods.

4 He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains.

He rules over the depths of the earth and the heights of the mountains.

5 The seas are his, because he made them. He is [also] the one who [SYN] formed/made the dry land.

The sea is his, because he made it; the dry land, because he formed it.

6 We should come, worship, and bow down before him. We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us.

Come, let's enter in and worship, let's kneel before the Lord our Creator.

7 He is our God, and we are the people whom he takes care of [MET]; like sheep [that a shepherd] takes care of. Today, listen to what Yahweh is saying to you.

For he is our God, and we are the people he looks after like a shepherd, the flock he cares for. If you hear his voice calling you today,

8 He says, “Do not become stubborn [IDM] like [your ancestors] did at Meribah, and like [they did] at Massah in the desert.

don't have a hard-hearted attitude, “as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert,

9 There your ancestors (wanted to see/tried to determine) if they could do many very evil things [without my punishing them]. Even though they had seen me perform [many] miracles, they tested whether I [would continue to be patient with them].

when your forefathers provoked me, testing my patience, even though they had seen everything I'd done.

10 For 40 years I was angry with those people, and I said, ‘Those people say that they want to please me, but they do things that I detest. They refuse to obey my commands.’

For forty years I was disgusted with that generation, and I said, ‘They are people who are unfaithful to me in their minds, and they refuse to accept my ways.’

11 So because I was very angry, I solemnly said/declared about them: ‘They will never enter [the land of Canaan] where I would have allowed them to rest!’”

So in my frustration I vowed, ‘They will certainly not enter my rest.’”