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Psalms 95

1 Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • O come H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
  • let us sing H7442 (רָנַן) — properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • let us make a joyful noise H7321 (רוּעַ) — to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
  • to the rock H6697 (צוּר) — properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
  • of our salvation H3468 (יֶשַׁע) — liberty, deliverance, prosperity

2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Let us come H6923 (קָדַם) — to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
  • before his presence H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • with thanksgiving H8426 (תּוֹדָה) — properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
  • and make a joyful noise H7321 (רוּעַ) — to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
  • unto him with psalms H2158 (זָמִיר) — a song to be accompanied with instrumental music

3 For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • For Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • a great H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
  • God H410 (אֵל) — strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
  • and a great H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
  • King H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • above all gods H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • In his hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
  • the deep places H4278 (מֶחְקָר) — properly, scrutinized, i.e. (by implication) a recess
  • of the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • the strength H8443 (תּוֹעָפָה) — (only in plural collective) weariness, i.e. (by implication) toil (treasure so obtained) or speed
  • of the hills H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

5 The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The sea H3220 (יָם) — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin…
  • his, and he made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • it: and his hands H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
  • formed H3335 (יָצַר) — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
  • the dry H3006 (יַבֶּשֶׁת) — dry ground

6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • O come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • let us worship H7812 (שָׁחָה) — to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
  • and bow down H3766 (כָּרַע) — to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
  • let us kneel H1288 (בָּרַךְ) — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
  • before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • our maker H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

7 For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • our God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
  • the people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • of his pasture H4830 (מִרְעִית) — pasturage; concretely, a flock
  • and the sheep H6629 (צֹאן) — a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
  • of his hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
  • To day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • if ye will hear H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
  • his voice H6963 (קוֹל) — a voice or sound

8 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Harden H7185 (קָשָׁה) — properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
  • not your heart H3824 (לֵבָב) — the heart (as the most interior organ);
  • as in the provocation H4808 (מְרִיבָה) — quarrel
  • the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • of temptation H4531 (מַסָּה) — a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)
  • in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

9 When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • When your fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
  • tempted H5254 (נָסָה) — to test; by implication, to attempt
  • me, proved H974 (בָּחַן) — to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
  • me, and saw H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
  • my work H6467 (פֹּעַל) — an act or work (concretely)

10 Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Forty H705 (אַרְבָּעִים) — forty
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • long was I grieved H6962 (קוּט) — properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) detest
  • generation H1755 (דּוֹר) — properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
  • and said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • a people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • that do err H8582 (תָּעָה) — to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
  • in their heart H3824 (לֵבָב) — the heart (as the most interior organ);
  • and they have not known H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
  • my ways H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

11 Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Unto whom I sware H7650 (שָׁבַע) — to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
  • in my wrath H639 (אַף) — properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
  • that they should not enter H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • into my rest H4496 (מְנוּחָה) — repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode