Psalms 95:6 (LSB)

Passage

Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before Yahweh our Maker.

Nearby Context

Psalms 95:4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are His also.

Psalms 95:5 The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

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

Psalms 95:7 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,

Psalms 95:8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "worship", "down", "kneel", "before", "yahweh", and "maker". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "worship", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "The sea is His for it was..." into verse 7's "For He is our God And we...", so "come" and "worship" belong inside that flow. 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 "come" and "worship" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.