Psalm 95/Verse by Verse/Text
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| Hebrew | Verse | English |
|---|---|---|
| לְ֭כוּ נְרַנְּנָ֣ה לַיהוָ֑ה | 1 | Come, let us shout for joy to YHWH! |
| נָ֝רִ֗יעָה לְצ֣וּר יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ׃ | Let us cry out to the rock of our salvation! | |
| נְקַדְּמָ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּתוֹדָ֑ה | 2 | Let us approach his presence with praise; |
| בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹת נָרִ֥יעַֽ לֽוֹ׃ | in songs we will cry out to him | |
| כִּ֤י אֵ֣ל גָּד֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה | 3 | because YHWH is a great God |
| וּמֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝ד֗וֹל עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | and a great king over all gods, | |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ מֶחְקְרֵי־אָ֑רֶץ | 4 | in whose hand are the unexplored depths of the earth |
| וְתוֹעֲפ֖וֹת הָרִ֣ים לֽוֹ׃ | and the peaks of the mountains are his; | |
| אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ הַ֭יָּם וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑הוּ | 5 | to whom belongs the sea —he made it— |
| וְ֝יַבֶּ֗שֶׁת יָדָ֥יו יָצָֽרוּ׃ | and the dry land which his hands formed. | |
| בֹּ֭אוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֣ה וְנִכְרָ֑עָה | 6 | Come, let us bow down and kneel! |
| נִ֝בְרְכָ֗ה לִֽפְנֵי־יְהוָ֥ה עֹשֵֽׂנוּ׃ | Let us kneel down before YHWH, our maker, | |
| כִּ֘י ה֤וּא אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ | 7 | because he is our God |
| וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּ עַ֣ם מַ֭רְעִיתוֹ וְצֹ֣אן יָד֑וֹ | and we are the people he shepherds, the flock led by his hand. | |
| הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אִֽם־בְּקֹל֥וֹ תִשְׁמָֽעוּ׃ | Today, if you want to obey his voice... | |
| אַל־תַּקְשׁ֣וּ לְ֭בַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה | 8 | "Do not harden your heart as [at] Meribah, |
| כְּי֥וֹם מַ֝סָּ֗ה בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | as [on] the day of Massah in the wilderness, | |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֭סּוּנִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | 9 | where your ancestors put me to the test. |
| בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִי גַּם־רָא֥וּ פָעֳלִֽי׃ | They tested me. They had even seen my work! | |
| אַרְבָּ֘עִ֤ים שָׁנָ֨ה ׀ אָ֘ק֤וּט בְּד֗וֹר | 10 | forty years I was disgusted with a generation |
| וָאֹמַ֗ר עַ֤ם תֹּעֵ֣י לֵבָ֣ב הֵ֑ם | and I would think: 'They are a people whose heart strays | |
| וְ֝הֵ֗ם לֹא־יָדְע֥וּ דְרָכָֽי׃ | and they do not recognize my ways. | |
| אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי בְאַפִּ֑י | 11 | about whom I swore in my anger, |
| אִם־יְ֝בֹא֗וּן אֶל־מְנוּחָתִֽי׃ | "They will not enter into my place of rest!"'" |