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

Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord

October 8, 2028

Moses Striking the Rock, Jan Steen
Moses Striking the Rock, Jan Steen, c. 1660–1661Philadelphia Museum of Art
Steen, usually a painter of disorderly households, paints the miracle as another crowded domestic scene: children, dogs, mothers with jugs, everyone jostling.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.Jan SteenA Dutch painter and brewer whose chaotic households gave the language a phrase, and who treated biblical subjects the same way.Philadelphia Museum of ArtA vast neoclassical museum at the end of a boulevard, with steps that are visited more often than the collection.Philadelphia Museum of Art
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 17:5-10Lk 17:5-10
Second Reading2 Tim. 1:6-8, 13-142 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14
First ReadingHab. 1:2-3; 2:2-4Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4
Responsorial PsalmPs. 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (8)Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (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 Commentary: A Psalm of Worship and WarningPs 95 Commentary: A Ps of Worship and Warning Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse commentary covering both the call to worship and the wilderness warning.

Psalm 95:1 CommentariesPs 95:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Several classic commentators on the opening call to worship, side by side.

Psalm 95 (Geneva Study Bible)Ps 95 (Geneva Study Bible) StudyLight

A concise Reformation-era commentary on the whole psalm.

Psalm 95:1 InterlinearPs 95:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew text with Strong's numbers for the opening call to sing.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 95 in Hebrew and EnglishPs 95 in Hebrew and English Sefaria

Read the psalm in the original Hebrew alongside an English translation.

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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