Psalms 95 — O Come, Let Us Worship and Bow Down
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture. To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart.
“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord 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 will hear his voice, Harden not your heart.”
— Psalm 95:6-7
- v.1-7a Come worship
- v.7b-11 Harden not your heart
To day. The immediate urgency. Quoted in Hebrews 3:7, 13, 15 as a perennial warning.
The verse turns on the calendar. Today, not tomorrow. The deferred hearing hardens.
Verse 7's to day is the only day you have for hearing. Tomorrow has its own today; this one cannot be borrowed against.
Hebrews 3 applies this psalm to the Christian: today, hear Christ's voice. The shepherd of the pasture is Him.
Three motions — come, worship, bow down, kneel. The body involved in worship; not just the mind.
A check on cerebral religion. Worship moves the knees.