Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET
PSALM 95
David (Hbr 4:7) exhorts men to praise God for His greatness, and warns them, in God's words, against neglecting His service.
1. The terms used to express the highest kind of joy.
rock—a firm basis, giving certainty of salvation (Psa 62:7).
2. come...presence—literally, "approach," or, meet Him (Psa 17:13).
3. above...gods—esteemed such by men, though really nothing (Jer 5:7; 10:10-15).
4, 5. The terms used describe the world in its whole extent, subject to God.
6. come—or, "enter," with solemn forms, as well as hearts.
7. This relation illustrates our entire dependence (compare Psa 23:3; 74:1). The last clause is united by Paul (Hbr 3:7) to the following (compare Psa 81:8),
8-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint (Num 14:11) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Exd 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Psa 78:18, 41).
10. err in their heart—Their wanderings in the desert were but types of their innate ignorance and perverseness.
that they should not—literally, "if they," etc., part of the form of swearing (compare Num 14:30; Psa 89:35).