Bible in one year 9/14/ 2022 Psalm 95 -96 By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce

Bible in one year 9/14/ 2022 Psalm 95 -96

By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce                                                                                                          

Christian Arts Ministries : Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry & Counseling

Psalm 95 This hymn begins with a call to the people to praise the Lord(vv.1-2) because of His sovereignty above all supposed gods(vv.3-5); continues with a call to worship God (v.6) because He is their Creator and Shepherd (v.7a); and concludes with a warning to the present generation to avoid the unbelief of their forefathers (vv.7b-11). Verse 11 my rest. I.e., the promised land of Canaan, which the wilderness generation did not enter. ( Heb.4:5-9) for the application of this warning to the Christian.

 

Psalm 95:1-11

 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. (vv.1-3).

In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for He is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. (vv.6-7).

Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert, where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did. For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, “ They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways,” So I declared on oath in my anger they shall never enter my rest.” (vv.8-11).

 

Psalm 96 This psalm, parallel to 1 Chron. 16:23-33, contains three stanzas: the first, a call to the whole earth to praise the Lored (vv.1-3) because of His righteousness(vv.4-6); second, a call to the nations to worship the Lord (vv.7-9) because of His righteous reign on the earth (v.10); third, a call to nature to rejoice before the Lord (vv.11-12) because He is coming to judge the erath in the sense that the future rule of God spoken of will be fulfilled in the rule of Messiah, who is Son of David and Son of God. 

Psalm 96 : 1-13

Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods. (vv.1-4)

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are his His sanctuary. (vv.5-6).

Ascribe to the Lord. O families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into His courts.(vv.7-8).

Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before him, all the earth. Say among the nations, “ The Lord reigns. “ The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity. (vv.9-10).

Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; they will sing before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the people in his truth. (vv.11-13).

 

Bibliography,

Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible (NIV). Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986.