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Psalms 95:7
7For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!
Psalms 95:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
- New International Version (NIV)for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For 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:
Context of Psalms 95:7
5The sea is his, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land. 6Come! Let’s bow down and worship! Let’s kneel before the Lord, our creator! For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him! 8He says, “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness, 9where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.
Read all of Psalms 95Psalms 95:7 word by word
כִּ֘י ה֤וּא אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּ עַ֣ם מַ֭רְעִיתוֹ וְצֹ֣אן יָד֑וֹ הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אִֽם־בְּקֹל֥וֹ תִשְׁמָֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 95:7
- Psalms 48:14For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!
- Psalms 67:6The earth yields its crops. May God, our God, bless us!
- Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!
- Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Exodus 20:2“I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
- Jeremiah 31:33“But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.
- Hebrews 11:16But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
- Psalms 23:1The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
- Psalms 79:13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts.
- Psalms 80:1O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!
- Psalms 100:3Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
- Isaiah 40:10Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.
- Ezekiel 34:30Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.
- John 10:3The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- John 10:14“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me –
- Acts 20:28Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
Commentaries on Psalms 95:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For he is our God - Here is the reason for this service. He has condescended to enter into a covenant with us, and he has taken us for his own; therefore: - We are the people of his pasture - Or, rather, as the Chaldee, Syriac, Vulgate, and Ethiopic read, "We are his people, and the sheep of the pasture of his hand." We are his own; he feeds and governs us, and his powerful hand protects us. To-day if ye will hear his voice - To-day-you have no time to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For he is our God - Not only the God whom we worship as the true God, but One who has revealed himself to us as our God. We worship him as God - as entitled to praise and adoration because he is the true God; we worship him also as sustaining the relation of God to us, or because we recognize him as our God, and because he has manifested himself as ours. And we are the people of his pasture - whom he has recognized as his flock; to whom he sustains the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The great King cares for his people like a shepherd cares for sheep (Isaiah 40:11). The Lord, our Maker, the Creator of heaven and earth, also created a people for himself (Isaiah 45:9–12; 51:12–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. This relation illustrates our entire dependence (compare Psa 23:3; 74:1). The last clause is united by Paul (He 3:7) to the following (compare Psa 81:8),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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