New King James Version
Psalms 95:2
2Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Psalms 95:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
- New International Version (NIV)Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him.
Context of Psalms 95:2
1Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. 3For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods. 4In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also.
Read all of Psalms 95Psalms 95:2 word by word
נְקַדְּמָ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּתוֹדָ֑ה בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹת נָרִ֥יעַֽ לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 95:2
- Psalms 7:7So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You; For their sakes, therefore, return on high.
- Psalms 100:2Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.
- Jeremiah 31:12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, Streaming to the goodness of the Lord— For wheat and new wine and oil, For the young of the flock and the herd; Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden, And they shall sorrow no more at all.
- Psalms 17:13Arise, O Lord, Confront him, cast him down; Deliver my life from the wicked with Your sword,
- Psalms 105:2Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works!
- James 5:13Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
Commentaries on Psalms 95:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Let us come before his presence - פניו panaiv, his faces, with thanksgiving, בתודה bethodah, with confession, or with the confession-offering. Praise him for what he has all ready done, and confess your unworthiness of any of his blessings. The confession-offering, the great atoning sacrifice, can alone render your acknowledgment of sin and thanksgiving acceptable to a holy and just God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Let us come before his presence - Margin, as in Hebrew, “prevent his face.” The word in Hebrew means literally to come before; to anticipate. It is the word which is commonly rendered “prevent.” See Job 3:12, note; Psalm 17:13, note; Psalm 59:10, note; 1 Thessalonians 4:15, note. Here it means to come before, in the sense of “in front of.” Let us stand before his face; that is, in his very presence. With thanksgiving - Expressing our thanks. And make a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11This call to worship urges the people to respond to the Lord, the Shepherd, and to follow him faithfully. The previous generation, who refused to obey, did not receive the blessings of the promised land.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. come ... presence--literally, "approach," or, meet Him (Psa 17:13).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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