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Psalms 95:9
9“When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, even though they had seen My work [of miracles].
Psalms 95:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
- New International Version (NIV)where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
- English Standard Version (ESV)when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work.
Context of Psalms 95:9
7For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice, 8Do not harden your hearts and become spiritually dull as at Meribah [the place of strife], And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness, “When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, even though they had seen My work [of miracles]. 10For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation, And I said, ‘They are a people who err in their heart, And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.’ 11Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath, ‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’ ”
Read all of Psalms 95Psalms 95:9 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֭סּוּנִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִי גַּם־רָא֥וּ פָעֳלִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 95:9
- Psalms 78:17Yet they still continued to sin against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9We must not tempt the Lord [that is, test His patience, question His purpose or exploit His goodness], as some of them did—and they were killed by serpents.
- Numbers 14:22Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My [miraculous] signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,
- Matthew 11:20Then He began to denounce [the people in] the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent [and change their hearts and lives].
- John 15:24If I had not done among them the works (attesting miracles) which no one else [ever] did, they would not have [the guilt of their] sin; but now [the fact is that] they have both seen [these works] and have hated Me [and continue to hate Me] and My Father as well.
Commentaries on Psalms 95:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9When your fathers tempted me - Tried me, by their insolence, unbelief, and blasphemy. They proved me - they had full proof of my power to save and to destroy. There they saw my works - they saw that nothing was too hard for God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9When your fathers - Your ancestors. See this verse explained in the notes on Hebrews 3:9. Tempted me - Tried me; tried my patience, to see how much I would bear. This does not mean, as it commonly does now with us, to place inducements before one to lead him into sin, but to try one - to put his patience to the test. This they did, in the case referred to, by their obduracy and evil conduct. Proved me - See the notes at Hebrews 3:9. “And saw my work.”…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Israel's ancestors saw the Lord's wonders but did not understand their importance (see Psalm 92:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-118-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint (Nu 14:11) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Ex 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Psa 78:18, 41).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 95
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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