Psalms 95:1-7 (DBY)

Passage

Come, let us sing aloud to Jehovah, let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation; Let us come before his face with thanksgiving; let us shout aloud unto him with psalms. For Jehovah is a great God, and a great king above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also: The sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry [land]. Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye hear his voice,

Nearby Context

Psalms 95:1 Come, let us sing aloud to Jehovah, let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation;

Psalms 95:2 Let us come before his face with thanksgiving; let us shout aloud unto him with psalms.

Psalms 95:3 For Jehovah is a great God, and a great king above all gods.

Psalms 95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also:

Psalms 95:5 The sea is his, and he made it, and his hands formed the dry [land].

Psalms 95:6 Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker.

Psalms 95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye hear his voice,

Psalms 95:8 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah, in the wilderness;

Psalms 95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "come", "sing", "aloud", "jehovah", "shout", "rock", and "salvation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Harden not your heart as at Meribah...", so "sheep" and "come" should be read forward into that movement. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sheep" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.