Geneva Study Bible O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a {a} joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
(a) He shows that God's service stands not in dead ceremonies, but chiefly in the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all {b} gods.
(b) Even the angels (who in respect to men are thought as gods) are nothing in his sight, much less the idols, which man's brain invents. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the {c} strength of the hills is his also.
(c) All things are governed by his providence. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. O come, let us {d} worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
(d) By these three words he signifies one thing: meaning that they must wholly give themselves to serve God. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his {e} hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
(e) That is, the flock whom he governs with his own hand. He shows how they are God's flock, that is, if they hear his voice. Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: {f} Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
(f) By the contemning of God's word. When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do {g} err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
(g) They were without judgment and reason. Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into {h} my rest. (h) That is, into the land of Canaan, where he promised them rest. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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