God’s Word Translation
Psalms 95:9
9Your ancestors challenged me and tested me there, although they had seen what I had done.
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
7because he is our God and we are the people in his care, the flock that he leads. If only you would listen to him today! 8“Do not be stubborn like ⌞my people were⌟ at Meribah, like the time at Massah in the desert. Your ancestors challenged me and tested me there, although they had seen what I had done. 10For 40 years I was disgusted with those people. So I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts continue to stray. They have not learned my ways.’ 11That is why I angrily took this solemn oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest!’ ”
Read all of Psalms 95Psalms 95:9 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֭סּוּנִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִי גַּם־רָא֥וּ פָעֳלִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 95:9
- Psalms 78:17They continued to sin against him, to rebel in the desert against the Most High.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9We shouldn’t put the Lord to the test as some of them did. They were killed by snakes.
- Numbers 14:22none of the people who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I did in Egypt and in the desert will see the land which I promised their ancestors. They have tested me now ten times and refused to obey me.
- Matthew 11:20Then Jesus denounced the cities where he had worked most of his miracles because they had not changed the way they thought and acted.
- John 15:24If I hadn’t done among them what no one else has done, they wouldn’t have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
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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