P S A L M S PSALM XCV. For the expounding of this psalm we may borrow a great deal of light from the apostle's discourse, Hebrews 3:1-4 , where it appears both to have been penned by David and to have been calculated for the days of the Messiah; for it is there said expressly ( Hebrews 4:7 ) that the day here spoken of ( Psalms 95:7 ) is to be understood of the gospel day, in which God speaks to us by his Son in a voice which we are concerned to hear, and proposes to us a rest besides that of Canaan. In singing psalms it is intended, I. That we should "make melody unto the Lord;" this we are here excited to do, and assisted in doing, being called upon to praise God ( Psalms 95:1 ; Psalms 95:2 ) as a great God ( Psalms 95:3-5 ) and as our gracious benefactor, Psalms 95:6 ; Psalms 95:7 . II. That we should teach and admonish ourselves and one another; and we are here taught and warned to hear God's voice ( Psalms 95:7 ), and not to harden our hearts, as the Israelites in the wilderness did ( Psalms 95:8 ; Psalms 95:9 ), lest we fall under God's wrath and fall short of his rest, as they did, Psalms 95:10 ; Psalms 95:11 . This psalm must be sung with a holy reverence of God's majesty and a dread of his justice, with a desire to please him and a fear to offend him. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-7" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological