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Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7a, 7b-9 (8)

Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord

January 31, 2027

Moses Striking the Rock, Abraham Bloemaert
Moses Striking the Rock, Abraham Bloemaert, 1596The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A Utrecht mannerist's crowd, twisting figures packed into the foreground, all of them reaching for the water at once.O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, when your ancestors tested me.Abraham BloemaertA Utrecht painter and the teacher of a whole generation, whose drawing book was used for training long after his death.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe largest art museum in the Americas, founded in 1870 by a group of New Yorkers who wanted one and had no collection to start from.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Roman Lectionary
GospelMark 1:21-28Mk 1:21-28
Second Reading1 Cor. 7:32-351 Cor 7:32-35
First ReadingDeut. 18:15-20Dt 18:15-20
Responsorial PsalmPs. 95:1-2, 6-7a, 7b-9 (8)Ps 95:1-2, 6-7a, 7b-9 (8)

Overview & Insights

“Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.” (Psalm 95:6)

Like Psalm 81, Psalm 95 begins with a hymnic call for praise (vv. 1–7a) and then moves into a prophetic oracle warning the congregation with lessons from the exodus-wilderness period (vv. 7b–11).

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Commentary

Psalm 95 (Enduring Word Bible Commentary)Ps 95 (Enduring Word Bible Commentary) Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical study of the call to worship and the warning not to harden hearts.

Psalm 95:1 CommentariesPs 95:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated classic commentaries on coming before the LORD with thanksgiving.

Background & Word Study

Psalms 95 (Hebrew text and commentaries)Ps 95 (Hebrew text and commentaries) Sefaria

Hebrew text of Psalm 95 with classical Jewish commentary and translation tools.

Psalm 95:1 InterlinearPs 95:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew interlinear for word study of let us sing to the LORD and the rock of our salvation.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Psalm 95Catena on Ps 95 Catena

Patristic comment chained to each verse of Psalm 95.

Questions preachers ask

What is Psalm 95?

A call to worship, “Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord… the Rock of our salvation,” that moves from joyful praise to kneeling before the God whose flock we are. It is the traditional “Venite” of daily prayer, fitting for the reign of Christ the shepherd-king.

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