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95:1 A praise song
A Call to Worship and Obedience; A Song of Praise
95 Come and join ≈us in singing to Yahweh.
≈Let’s happily sing to ≈our protector and our rescuer.
2 Let’s thank him as we come ≈in and face him.
≈Let’s sing praise songs to him
3 because Yahweh is a ≈powerful God,
≈and a ≈powerful king ≈superior to all gods.
4 The deepest valleys in the earth ≈are under his control,
≈and the mountain peaks are also his.
5 The oceans are his because he ≈created them.
≈His hands formed all the dry land.
6 Come on, let’s bow down and worship >him.
≈Let’s kneel in front of our creator, Yahweh,
We are the people ≈he shepherds.
≈≡We are the sheep ≈in his care.[ref]
If only all of you would listen to his voice today.
8 Don’t ≈become stubborn like your ancestors did at Meribah,[ref]
≈and like they did in the wilderness at Massah.
9 Your ancestors ≈tried my patience
even though they’d seen ≈me perform miracles.
10 I was angry with that generation and said,
‘≈These people are very happy to do their own thing.
≈They’re not really interested in following my instructions.’
11 ≈So I got angry at them and made a decision
that they would never be allowed to enter ≈the region where I would have given them peace.[ref]
↑ 95 Come let_us_sing_for_joy to/for_YHWH let_us_shout_for_joy to_rock_of salvation_of_our.
2 Let_us_come_to_meet presence_of_his in/on/at/with_thanksgiving in/on/at/with_song let_us_shout_for_joy to_him/it.
3 If/because is_a_god great YHWH and_king great above all_of gods.
4 Whom in_his/its_hand the_depths_of the_earth and_peaks_of the_mountains to_him/it.
5 Whom to_him/it the_sea and_he made_it and_dry_land hands_of_his they_formed.
6 Come let_us_bow_down and_bow_down let_us_kneel to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH maker_of_our.
7 If/because he god_of_our and_we are_the_people_of pasture_of_his and_sheep_of his/its_hand the_day if in/on/at/with_voice_of_his you_all_will_listen.
8 Do_not harden hearts_of_your_all’s as_Mərīⱱāh as_day_of Massah in/on/at/with_wilderness.
9 When tested_me fathers_of_your_all’s tried_me also they_had_seen work_of_my.
10 Forty years I_felt_loathing in/on/at/with_generation and_said are_a_people who_go_astray_of heart they and_they not they_know ways_of_my.
11 That I_swore_an_oath in/on/at/with_anger_of_my if enter into rest_of_my.
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