Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 95:8
8Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the wilderness
Psalms 95:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- New International Version (NIV)“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
- English Standard Version (ESV)do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
Context of Psalms 95:8
6Come, let’s worship and bow down; let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep under his care. Today, if you hear his voice: Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the wilderness 9where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did. 10For forty years I was disgusted with that generation; I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know my ways.”
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אַל־תַּקְשׁ֣וּ לְ֭בַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה כְּי֥וֹם מַ֝סָּ֗ה בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 95:8
- Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
- 1 Samuel 6:6Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When he afflicted them, didn’t they send Israel away, and Israel left?
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.
- Acts 19:9But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples, and conducted discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
- Romans 2:5Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
- Hebrews 3:13But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.
- Exodus 17:2So the people complained to Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why are you complaining to me?” Moses replied to them. “Why are you testing the Lord?”
- Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise me? How long will they not trust in me despite all the signs I have performed among them?
- Numbers 20:13These are the Waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord, and he demonstrated his holiness to them.
- Deuteronomy 1:34“When the Lord heard your words, he grew angry and swore an oath:
- Deuteronomy 6:16Do not test the Lord your God as you tested him at Massah.
- Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,
- Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;
Commentaries on Psalms 95:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Harden not your heart - See this verse explained in the notes at Hebrews 3:8. As in the provocation - Margin, “contention.” The original is “Meribah.” See Exodus 17:7, where the original words Meribah, rendered here “provocation,” and “Massah,” rendered here “temptation,” are retained in the translation.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8To harden your hearts means to be stubborn and resist the Lord's grace (see Numbers 20:2–13; see also Matthew 13:3–23; John 12:37–43; Ephesians 4:17–32; Hebrews 3:6–19; 4:6–11).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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