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Psalms 95:9
9where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
Psalms 95:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did.
Context of Psalms 95:9
7for 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, 8“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did. 10For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’ 11So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
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 78:17But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.
- Numbers 14:22not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times—
- Matthew 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
- John 15:24If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have 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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