Mazmur 94:23--95:6

94:23 He will pay them back for their sin. ¹ 

He will destroy them because of ²  their evil;

the Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 95 ³ 

95:1 Come! Let’s sing for joy to the Lord!

Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us! ⁴ 

95:2 Let’s enter his presence ⁵  with thanksgiving!

Let’s shout out to him in celebration! ⁶ 

95:3 For the Lord is a great God,

a great king who is superior to ⁷  all gods.

95:4 The depths of the earth are in his hand, ⁸ 

and the mountain peaks belong to him.

95:5 The sea is his, for he made it.

His hands formed the dry land.

95:6 Come! Let’s bow down and worship! ⁹ 

Let’s kneel before the Lord, our creator!

[94:23]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive is used in a rhetorical sense, describing an anticipated development as if it were already reality.

[94:23]  ² tn Or “in.”

[95:1]  ³ sn Psalm 95. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God as the creator of the world and the nation’s protector, but he also reminds the people not to rebel against God.

[95:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the rocky summit of our deliverance.”

[95:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “meet his face.”

[95:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “with songs of joy.”

[95:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “above.”

[95:4]  ⁸ tn The phrase “in his hand” means within the sphere of his authority.

[95:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “kneel down.”