Lenten Season · Third Sunday of Lent · Year C
If First Scrutiny of the Elect: Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (8)
Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord
March 19, 2028
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 Commentary: God Worthy of Our Humble and Obedient Worship Enduring Word
Commentary on the call to worship and the warning against hardened hearts.
Commentary on Psalm 95 Working Preacher
Lectionary commentary tying the psalm's two halves, praise and warning, together.
Psalm 95 (Haydock Commentary) haydockcommentary.com
Catholic Haydock notes on the same invitatory psalm.
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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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