Psalm 95

New International Version

Psalm 95

¹Come,^(A) let us sing for joy^(B) to the Lord;
let us shout aloud^(C) to the Rock^(D) of our salvation.
²Let us come before him^(E) with thanksgiving^(F)
and extol him with music^(G) and song.

³For the Lord is the great God,^(H)
    the great King^(I) above all gods.^(J)
⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(K)
    and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.^(L)

⁶Come, let us bow down^(M) in worship,^(N)
    let us kneel^(O) before the Lord our Maker;^(P)
⁷for 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,
⁸“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)
⁹where your ancestors tested^(U) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
¹⁰For 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)
¹¹So I declared on oath^(Y) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”^(Z)

Footnotes

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

Deuteronomy 1:27-36

New International Version

²⁷You grumbled^(A) in your tents and said, “The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. ²⁸Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller^(B) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites^(C) there.’”

²⁹Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid^(D) of them.^(E) ³⁰The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight^(F) for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, ³¹and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried^(G) you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”^(H)

³²In spite of this,^(I) you did not trust^(J) in the Lord your God, ³³who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day,^(K) to search^(L) out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

³⁴When the Lord heard^(M) what you said, he was angry^(N) and solemnly swore:^(O) ³⁵“No one from this evil generation shall see the good land^(P) I swore to give your ancestors, ³⁶except Caleb^(Q) son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly.^(R)”