George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 95:9
Moved. Hebrew, "in labour," (Isaias xxvi. 17.; Theodoret; Calmet) or "fear ye before him all the earth." (Houbigant) --- In Paralipomenon, the sentences are in a different order. (Haydock)
Moved. Hebrew, "in labour," (Isaias xxvi. 17.; Theodoret; Calmet) or "fear ye before him all the earth." (Houbigant) --- In Paralipomenon, the sentences are in a different order. (Haydock)
Verse Psalms 95:9. _WHEN YOUR FATHERS TEMPTED ME_] _Tried_ me, by their insolence, unbelief, and blasphemy. They _proved_ me - they had full proof of my power to save and to destroy. There _they saw m...
WHEN YOUR FATHERS - Your ancestors. See this verse explained in the notes on Hebrews 3:9. TEMPTED ME - Tried me; tried my patience, to see how much I would bear. This does not mean, as it commonly doe...
Psalms 95 In Anticipation of His Coming _ 1. Singing unto Him? (Psalms 95:1)_ 2. Let us worship and bow down (Psalms 95:6) It is a call to Israel in anticipation of the soon appearing of the expec...
XCV. A HYMN OF PRAISE. The greatness of God in nature. A warning from the history of Israel in the wilderness. There is no cogent reason for dividing the Ps. into two. For Massah and Meribah. see Exod...
WHEN. Hebrew. _asher_. where. TEMPTED. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. AND. yea....
DISCOURSE: 660 DEVOTION TO GOD RECOMMENDED AND ENFORCED Psalms 95:6. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pastur...
Psalms 92-97 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Service of Song for a Sabbath Day. ANALYSIS Psalms 92: Personal SongProbably by a King. Psalms 93: Jehovah Proclaimed King. Psalms 94: Prayer for Vengeance on the...
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, -Warning against hardening the heart, and so forfeiting the Lord's promised res...
This Ps. (the 'Venite,' 'Invitatory Psalm') consists of a call to praise God as King, as the Creator of the world, and the Shepherd of His people (Psalms 95:1), followed by a warning against unbelief,...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE! PSALMS 95 (THE SECOND *ROYAL PSALM) Jesus said, "Go and do not break God's rules again". ...
PROVED ME. — Properly, of trying metals. This term is used of man’s attitude towards Providence, both in a good and bad sense (Malachi 3:10; Malachi 3:15). AND SAW MY WORK. — Better (as in Isaiah 49:1...
אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֭סּוּנִי אֲבֹותֵיכֶ֑ם בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִי גַּם ־רָא֥וּ...
Psalms 95:1 THIS psalm is obviously divided into two parts, but there is no reason for seeing in these two originally unconnected fragments. Rather does each part derive force from the other; and noth...
PRAISE THE LORD AND TEMPT HIM NOT Psalms 95:1 This psalm is deeply inwoven into the life of the Church, because of the worshipful strain which pervades it, and also because of the illuminating manner...
We pause here to note a connection between a group of psalms, viz., Psalms 93:1; Psalms 94:1; Psalms 95:1; Psalms 96:1;...
The Holy Ghost hath given his decided comment upon this scripture, with reference to the church, Hebrews 3:4, and adverts to the circumstances of Israel at the waters of Massah and Meribah, Exodus 17:...
9_When your fathers tempted me, they proved me _The Psalmist insinuates, as I have already remarked, that the Jews had been from the first of a perverse and almost intractable spirit. And there were t...
From Psalms 95 to 100 we have the progress of the introduction of the Only-begotten into the world most distinctly brought out; but here, all through, seen as Jehovah coming from heaven in judgment, a...
WHEN YOUR FATHERS TEMPTED ME,.... Or, "where" i; that is, in the wilderness, particularly at Meribah and Massah; it was Christ they tempted, as appears from 1 Corinthians 10:9 PROVED ME: had proof of...
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Ver. 9. _When your fathers tempted me_] Ten times, all along the wilderness, Numbers 14:22, though _ They saw my work_] Both mercies and jud...
_Harden not your heart_ As if he had said, _If ye will hear his voice_, and profit by what you hear, then do not harden your hearts by obstinate unbelief and wilful disobedience, rebelling against the...
ADMONITION TO PRAISE JEHOVAH AND HEAR HIS WORD. By comparing verse 8 of this psalm with Hebrews 4:7, we find that it should be ascribed to David, either written by him personally or by one of his sin...
when your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My work, this summarizing the Lord's complaint, Numbers 14:22....
7-11 Christ calls upon his people to hear his voice. You call him Master, or Lord; then be his willing, obedient people. Hear the voice of his doctrine, of his law, and in both, of his Spirit: hear a...
WHEN; or, _in which place_; which may belong either to Meribah and Massah, or to the wilderness last mentioned. Or, _surely_, as this word is oft used in Scripture, as hath been observed once and agai...
Psalms 95:9 fathers H1 tested H5254 (H8765) tried H974 (H8804) saw H7200 (H8804) work H6467 When -...
TEMPTED Temptation. (Psalms 106:14); (Genesis 3:1); (James 1:2)....
Psalms 95:1. _O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalm...
Psalms 95:1. _O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation._ The worship of God should always be joyful, hence there is to be much singing in it. God is...
CONTENTS: A call to praise God as our gracious benefactor. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: It is due our God and King that we should speak forth and sing forth His praises out of the abundanc...
The Jews with one consent refer this psalm to the days of the Messiah. St. Paul had therefore the fullest authority for addressing it to the Hebrews. It was composed by David, when God had put all adj...
_O come, let us sing unto the Lord._ THE GRANDEST OF CREATURE SERVICES I. It is the most righteous. Adoration rendered to-- 1. The greatest Being. (1) Great in Himself (Psalms 95:3). (2) Great in...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 95:1. This psalm encourages its singers to learn from the rebellion of a previous generation. They should faithfully heed God’s “voice” (vv. Psalm
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 95:7 Since worship includes the priests reading and explaining the Scriptures, the worshipers will HEAR HIS VOICE, but they must then believe and obey their great King. This secti...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is one of a series intended for the Temple worship, and possibly composed for some festal occasion. Both the joyfulness of its opening verses, and its general character, in wh...
EXPOSITION THIS is a liturgical psalm, probably composed for the temple service, and still used in the synagogue as one of the Friday evening Psalms which introduce the sabbath. The Western Church has...
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LOR...
1 Corinthians 10:9; John 15:24; Matthew 11:20; Numbers 14:22;...
Works — Both of mercy, and of justice....