Psalms 95:9

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fathers	אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם 'a.vo.tei.Khem	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
tempted	נִ֭סּוּנִי Ni.su.ni	H5254	to test · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix
proved	בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִי be.cha.Nu.ni	H974	to test (especially metals) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix
saw	רָא֥וּ ra.'U	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
work	פָעֳלִֽי fo.'o.Li	H6467	an act or work (concretely) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Numbers 14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these t…
1 Corinthians 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Psalms 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Psalms 78:17-18 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Psalms 78:40-41 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Matthew 11:20-22 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 95:7–end

The latter part of this psalm, which begins in the middle of a verse, is an exhortation to those who sing gospel psalms to live gospel lives, and to hear the voice of God's word; otherwise, how can they expect that he should hear the voice of their prayers and praises? Observe, I. The duty required of all those that are the people of Christ's pasture and the sheep of his hand. He expects that they hear his voice, for he has said, My sheep hear my voice, Joh 10:27. We are his people, say they. Are you so? Then hear his voice. If you call him Master, or Lord, then do the things which he says, and be his willing obedient people. Hear the voice of his doctrine, of his law, and, in both, of his S…

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John Gill on Psalms 95:9

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 his power, goodness, and mercy, in providing for them, and in the preservation of them: or "tried" (k) him, his patience, longsuffering, and forbearance, by their repeated provocations of him: and saw my work; his work of judgment upon their enemies the Egyptians, by inflicting plagues upon them, and by the destruction of Pharaoh and his host at the Red sea; and his work of goodness to them, in bringing them out of bondage, leading them through the Red sea safely, raining manna about their…

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John Calvin on Psalms 95:8–end

Psalm 95:8-11 8. Harden not your heart, as in Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness. [54] 9. When your fathers tempted me, they proved me, though yet they had seen my work. 10. Forty years, I strove with this generation, [55] and said, They are a people that err in heart, [56] and they have not known my ways. 11. Wherefore I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: [57] 8. Harden not your heart, as in Meribah The Psalmist, having extolled and commended the kindness of God their Shepherd, takes occasion, as they were stiffnecked and disobedient, to remind them of their duty, as his flock, which was to yield a pliable and meek submission; and the more to impress…

The Church Fathers

"As in the provocation, and in the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers proved Me" (ver. 9). Let such be no more your fathers: imitate them not. They were your fathers, but if ye do not imitate them, they shall not be your fathers: yet as ye were born of them, they were your fathers. And if the heathen who came from the ends of the earth, in the words of Jeremias, "The Gentiles shall come unto Thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our forefathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit:" if the heathen forsook their idols, to come to the God of Israel; ought Israel whom their own God led from Egypt through the Red Sea, wherein He overwhelmed their pursuing foes; whom He led out into the wilderness, fed with manna, never took His rod from correcting them, never deprived them of the blessings of His mercy; ought they to desert their own God, when the heathen have come unto Him? "When your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My works. ...
— Augustine of Hippo, On the Psalms

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Dictionary and topics

Massah — Trial, temptation, a name given to the place where the Israelites, by their murmuring for want of water, provoked Jehovah to anger against them. It is also called Meribah (Ex. 17:7; Deut. 6:16; Ps.…
Obduracy (Hardness) · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Unbelief · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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 95:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 95:7–end

John Gill on Psalms 95:9

John Calvin on Psalms 95:8–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 95:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 95:7–end

John Gill on Psalms 95:9

John Calvin on Psalms 95:8–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 95:7–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 95:9

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 95:9