Psalms 95:1-11

Bible Text

[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."

Massah and Meribah were wilderness sites, traditionally associated with Rephidim near Sinai, where Israel tested the Lord by quarreling over water (Exodus 17; Numbers 20). Psalm 95 recalls their hardened unbelief as a warning not to resist God’s voice despite his faithful provision.

Places in this passage

Psalms 95:1-11 mentions Massah and Meribah.