Psalms 95:7 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 95:7

For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

KJV

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,

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Commentary

4 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

For he is our God. Here is the master reason for worship. Jehovah has entered into covenant with us, and from all the world beside has chosen us to be his own elect. If others refuse him homage, we at least will render it cheerfully. He is ours, and our God; ours, therefore will we love him; our God, therefore will we worship him. Happy is that man who can sincerely believe that this sentence is true in reference to himself. And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Pasture - Whom he feeds and keeps in his own pasture, or in the land which he hath appropriated to himself. The sheep - Which are under his special care.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The gospel church is his flock. Christ is the great and good Shepherd of it. We, as Christians, are led by his hand into the green pastures, by him we are protected and well provided for, to his honour and service we are entirely devoted as a peculiar people, and therefore to him must be glory in the churches (whether it be in the world or no) throughout all ages, Eph. iii.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1551: “Today! Today! Today!” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1880)

THIS Psalm is a burst of praise. It resounds with the joyful noise of hearty thanksgiving unto Jehovah and yet before it closes you hear the solemn tones of exhortation to men to hearken to the voice of their God. Alas that it should be true, but true it is, that the Canaanite still dwells in the midst of Israel! In every gathering of the faithful there is a mixture of those who know not the ways of God.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֘י	ki	for	H3588 →
ה֤וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	[is] God our	H430 →
וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּ	va.'a.Nach.nu	and we	H587 →
עַ֣ם	'am	[are] [the] people of	H5971 →
מַ֭רְעִיתוֹ	mar.'i.to	pasture his	H4830 →
וְצֹ֣אן	ve.Tzon	and [the] flock of	H6629 →
יָד֑וֹ	ya.Do	hand his	H3027 →
הַ֝יּ֗וֹם	hai.Yom	this day	H3117 →
אִֽם־	'im-	if	H518 →
בְּקֹל֥וֹ	be.ko.Lo	to voice his	H6963 →
תִשְׁמָֽעוּ׃	tish.Ma.'u	you will listen	H8085 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
leads to
- Luke 12:36–37
  Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
- Revelation 19:9
  Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
- John 14:21–23
  Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- Matthew 24:33
  So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.
- Song of Solomon 5:2–4
  I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with…
Through
Psalms 48:14
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
leads to
- Isaiah 58:11
  The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Psalms 23:3–4
  He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
Through
Hebrews 3:15
As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
leads to
- Hebrews 3:7–8
  Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms