95 <1> Come, let us praise the Lord!
Let's shout praises to the Rock,[520]
who saves us.
<2> Let's go to worship the Lord.
Let's approach him with songs of thanks.[521]
Let's sing happy songs of praise to him.
<3> Why? Because the Lord is a great God!
He is the great King ruling over all the other "gods."
<4> The deepest caves and the highest mountains belong to him.
<5> The ocean is his-he created it.
He made the dry land with his own hands.
<6> Come, let's bow down and worship him!
Let's praise the God who made us!
<7> He is our God,
and we are his people.
We are his sheep-
those who walk by his side if we listen to his voice today.
<8> God says, "Don't be stubborn,
as you were at Meribah,
as you were at Massah[522] in the desert.
<9> Your ancestors[523] tested me.
They tested me, but then they saw what I could do!
<10> I was patient with those people for 40 years,
and I know that they are not faithful.
They refused to follow my teachings.
<11> So I was angry, and I swore that
they would not enter my land of rest."
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