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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown :: Commentary on Psalm 95

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The Book of Psalms

Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET

PSALM 95

Psa 95:1-11. David ( Hbr 4:7 ) exhorts men to praise God for His greatness, and warns them, in God's words, against neglecting His service.

      1. The terms used to express the highest kind of joy.
      rock--a firm basis, giving certainty of salvation ( Psa 62:7 ).

      2. come. . . presence--literally, "approach," or, meet Him ( Psa 17:13 ).

      3. above. . . gods--esteemed such by men, though really nothing ( Jer 5:7 10:10-15 ).

      4, 5. The terms used describe the world in its whole extent, subject to God.

      6. come--or, "enter," with solemn forms, as well as hearts.

      7. This relation illustrates our entire dependence (compare Psa 23:3 74:1 ). The last clause is united by Paul ( Hbr 3:7 ) to the following (compare Psa 81:8 ),

      8-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint ( Num 14:11 ) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given ( Exd 17:7 ) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him ( Psa 78:18, 41 ).

      10. err in their heart--Their wanderings in the desert were but types of their innate ignorance and perverseness.
      that they should not--literally, "if they," &c., part of the form of swearing (compare Num 14:30 Psa 89:35 ).

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