Psalms 95:1

O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
sing	נְרַנְּנָ֣ה ne.ra.ne.Nah	H7442	properly · verb, piel infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
LORD	לַיהוָ֑ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
noise	נָ֝רִ֗יעָה na.Ri.'ah	H7321	to mar (especially by breaking) · verb, hiphil infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
rock	לְצ֣וּר le.Tzur	H6697	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
salvation	יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ yish.'E.nu	H3468	liberty · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Psalms 81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Samuel 22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
Psalms 150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms 96:1-2 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
1 Chronicles 16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Exodus 15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Psalms 47:6-7 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 95:1-6

The psalmist here, as often elsewhere, stirs up himself and others to praise God; for it is a duty which ought to be performed with the most lively affections, and which we have great need to be excited to, being very often backward to it and cold in it. Observe, I. How God is to be praised. 1. With holy joy and delight in him. The praising song must be a joyful noise, Psa 95:1 and again Psa 95:2. Spiritual joy is the heart and soul of thankful praise. It is the will of God (such is the condescension of his grace) that when we give glory to him as a being infinitely perfect and blessed we should, at the same time, rejoice in him as our Father and King, and a God in covenant with us. 2. With…

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John Gill on Psalms 95:1

O come, let us sing unto the Lord,.... To Jehovah the Messiah, the Lord our righteousness; setting forth, in songs of praise, the glory of his person, the riches of his grace, and our thankfulness to him for spiritual mercies by him: Christ is to be the subject of our spiritual songs, and is the person to whose honour and glory they should be directed: in the New Testament we are instructed to sing unto the Lord, the Lord Christ, Ephesians 5:19, and this is what Pliny (a) tells Trajan, the Roman emperor, the Christians in his time did; they sung a hymn to Christ, as to a God: let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation; to Christ, the Rock, 1 Corinthians 10:4, a Rock, for height…

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John Calvin on Psalms 95:1-5

Psalm 95:1-5 1. Come, let us rejoice before Jehovah; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. [43] 2. Let us come before his face with praise, In psalms let us shout for joy unto him. 3. For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King, above all gods. 4. For in his hand are the deep places of the earth, [44] And the heights of the mountains are his. 5. For his is the sea, and he made it; And the dry land his hands formed. 1. Come, let us rejoice before Jehovah. This psalm is suited for the Sabbath, when we know that the religious assemblies were more particularly convened for the worship of God. It is not individuals among the godly whom he exhorts to celebrate the divine prai…

The Church Fathers

"O come, let us sing unto the Lord" (ver. 1). He calleth us to a great banquet of joy, not one of this world, but in the Lord. For if there were not in this life a wicked joy which is to be distinguished from a righteous joy, it would be enough to say, "Come, let us rejoice;" but he has briefly distinguished it. What is it to rejoice aright? To rejoice in the Lord. Thou shouldest piously joy in the Lord, if thou dost wish safely to trample upon the world. But what is the word, "Come"? Whence doth He call them to come, with whom he wisheth to rejoice in the Lord; except that, while they are afar, they may by coming draw nearer, by drawing nearer they may approach, and by approaching rejoice? But whence are they afar? Can a man be locally distant from Him who is everywhere? ...It is not by place, but by being unlike Him, that a man is afar from God. What is to be unlike Him? it meaneth, a bad life, bad habits; for if by good habits we approach God, by bad habits we recede from God. ...If therefore by unlikeness we recede from God, by likeness we approach unto God. What likeness? That after which we were created, which by sinning we had corrupted in ourselves, which we have received again through the remission of sins, which is renewed in us in the mind within, that it may be engraved a second time as if on coin, that is, the image of our God upon our soul, and that we may return to His treasures. ...
— Augustine of Hippo, On the Psalms

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Dictionary and topics

Rock — (Heb. tsur), employed as a symbol of God in the Old Testament (1 Sam. 2:2; 2 Sam. 22:3; Isa. 17:10; Ps. 28:1; 31:2, 3; 89:26; 95:1); also in the New Testament (Matt. 16:18; Rom. 9:33; 1 Cor. 10:4).…
Praise · Saints should: Invite others to — Saints should: Invite others to
Rocks · Illustrative of: God as salvation of his people — Illustrative of: God as salvation of his people
Salvation · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 95:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 95:1-6

John Gill on Psalms 95:1

John Calvin on Psalms 95:1-5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 95:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 95:1-6

John Gill on Psalms 95:1

John Calvin on Psalms 95:1-5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 95:1-2

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 95:1