◄ Psalm 95:6 ►
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Study Bible
Come
The Hebrew word for "come" is "bo," which is an invitation or a call to action. In the context of worship, it is a beckoning to enter into the presence of God. This word sets the tone for the verse, emphasizing the importance of approaching God with intention and purpose. Historically, this call to worship would have been a communal activity, inviting the people of Israel to gather together in unity to honor their Creator.

let us bow down
The phrase "let us bow down" comes from the Hebrew word "kara," which means to bend the knee or to prostrate oneself. This act of bowing is a physical demonstration of humility and reverence before God. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, bowing was a common practice to show respect and submission to a higher authority. In the context of this Psalm, it signifies the worshiper's acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and majesty.

in worship
The Hebrew word for "worship" here is "shachah," which means to bow down or to prostrate oneself in homage. Worship is not merely an outward act but an inward posture of the heart. It involves recognizing God's worthiness and responding with adoration and praise. This word underscores the depth of devotion and reverence that is due to God, inviting believers to engage in heartfelt worship.

let us kneel
The phrase "let us kneel" is derived from the Hebrew word "barak," which means to kneel or to bless. Kneeling is a posture of submission and honor, reflecting the worshiper's acknowledgment of God's greatness. In biblical times, kneeling was a common expression of respect and devotion, often associated with prayer and supplication. This act of kneeling before God is a powerful symbol of surrender and reverence.

before the LORD
The term "LORD" is translated from the Hebrew "Yahweh," the personal name of God revealed to Moses. It signifies the covenantal relationship between God and His people. This name is a reminder of God's eternal presence, faithfulness, and unchanging nature. Worshiping "before the LORD" emphasizes the personal and relational aspect of worship, as believers come before the One who knows them intimately and loves them unconditionally.

our Maker
The word "Maker" is translated from the Hebrew "asah," which means to do, make, or create. This term highlights God's role as the Creator of all things, including humanity. Recognizing God as "our Maker" is an acknowledgment of His authority and power over creation. It is a reminder of our dependence on Him and our responsibility to honor Him as the source of our existence. This phrase calls believers to worship God with gratitude and awe for His creative work in their lives.

Persons / Places / Events
1. The Psalmist
The author of Psalm 95, traditionally attributed to King David, who calls the people to worship.

2. The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and self-existent nature.

3. The Worshipers
The community of believers invited to worship and bow down before God.

4. The Act of Worship
The physical and spiritual act of bowing and kneeling, symbolizing reverence and submission.

5. The Maker
Acknowledgment of God as the Creator, emphasizing His authority and power over creation.
Teaching Points
The Call to Worship
Worship is an invitation to enter into God's presence with reverence and humility. It is a communal act that unites believers in acknowledging God's greatness.

Physical Posture Reflects Heart Attitude
Bowing and kneeling are outward expressions of an inward submission to God. Our physical actions in worship should reflect our heart's posture of humility and reverence.

Recognizing God as Creator
Acknowledging God as our Maker reminds us of His authority and our dependence on Him. This recognition should lead us to trust and obey Him in all aspects of life.

Worship as a Response to God's Sovereignty
Worship is a response to who God is—His power, majesty, and sovereignty. It is an act of surrender and acknowledgment of His rightful place in our lives.

The Urgency of Worship
The call to worship is immediate and urgent. We are encouraged to respond today, not delaying our submission and reverence to God.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does recognizing God as "our Maker" influence your understanding of His authority in your life?

2. In what ways can your physical posture during worship reflect your heart's attitude toward God?

3. How does the communal aspect of worship enhance your personal relationship with God?

4. What are some practical ways you can incorporate the urgency of worship into your daily life?

5. How do other scriptures that emphasize bowing and kneeling before God deepen your understanding of Psalm 95:6?
Connections to Other Scriptures
Genesis 1:1
Connects to the concept of God as the Creator, reinforcing His role as "our Maker."

Philippians 2:10-11
Highlights the act of bowing as a universal acknowledgment of God's sovereignty, similar to the call in Psalm 95:6.

Hebrews 4:7
References the urgency of worship and obedience, echoing the invitation to worship in Psalm 95.

Revelation 4:10-11
Describes heavenly worship, paralleling the call to worship and bow down before God.

Isaiah 45:23
Affirms the prophetic vision of every knee bowing to God, aligning with the worshipful posture in Psalm 95:6.
Sermons
Associated and Public PrayerR. Tuck Psalm 95:6
Christ the Rock of Our SalvationJ. W. Hardman, LL.D.Psalm 95:1-11
Inciting One Another to Praise GodPsalm 95:1-11
Praise the Outcome of Divine InfluencePsalm 95:1-11
PsalmodyJ. W. Reeve, M.A.Psalm 95:1-11
Public Worship - its Necessity and AdvantageC. Short Psalm 95:1-11
The Genesis of PraiseW. G. Horder.Psalm 95:1-11
The Grandest of Creature ServicesHomilistPsalm 95:1-11
The Invitatory PsalmS. Conway Psalm 95:1-11
The VeniteD. Laing, M.A.Psalm 95:1-11
The Material Universe and its LessonsC. Short Psalm 95:4-6
AdorationCanon Liddon.Psalm 95:6-7
Congregational WorshipT. Dale, M. A.Psalm 95:6-7
Divine WorshipJames Foster, B.A.Psalm 95:6-7
Humility in Approaching GodPsalm 95:6-7
Spiritual WorshipW. M. Statham.Psalm 95:6-7
The Duty of External WorshipBp. Atterbury.Psalm 95:6-7
WorshipF. C. Spurt.Psalm 95:6-7
People
Psalmist
Places
Jerusalem
Topics
Bend, Bow, Falling, Knee, Kneel, Knees, Let's, Maker, O, Oh, Ourselves, Worship
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Psalm 95:6

     1305   God, activity of
     4060   nature
     5020   human nature
     5138   bowing
     5161   kneeling
     5767   attitudes, in prayer
     8336   reverence, and obedience
     8462   priority, of God
     8632   adoration

Psalm 95:3-6

     1090   God, majesty of

Psalm 95:3-7

     8608   prayer, and worship

Psalm 95:5-6

     4006   creation, origin
     5355   invitations

Psalm 95:6-7

     7130   flock, God's
     7141   people of God, OT
     8315   orthodoxy, in OT
     8624   worship, reasons

Library
Covenanting According to the Purposes of God.
Since every revealed purpose of God, implying that obedience to his law will be given, is a demand of that obedience, the announcement of his Covenant, as in his sovereignty decreed, claims, not less effectively than an explicit law, the fulfilment of its duties. A representation of a system of things pre-determined in order that the obligations of the Covenant might be discharged; various exhibitions of the Covenant as ordained; and a description of the children of the Covenant as predestinated …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

O Come, Loud Anthems Let us Sing
[1180]Park Street: Frederick M. A. Venua, c. 1810 Psalm 95 Tate and Brady, 1698; Alt. DOXOLOGY O come, loud anthems let us sing, Loud thanks to our almighty King, And high our grateful voices raise, As our Salvation's Rock we praise. Into his presence let us haste To thank him for his favors past; To him address, in joyful songs, The praise that to his Name belongs. For God the Lord, enthroned in state, Is with unrivaled glory great; The depths of earth are in his hand, Her secret wealth at his …
Various—The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA

Weighed, and Found Wanting
'And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! 3. And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 4. And they said one …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Covenanting a Duty.
The exercise of Covenanting with God is enjoined by Him as the Supreme Moral Governor of all. That his Covenant should be acceded to, by men in every age and condition, is ordained as a law, sanctioned by his high authority,--recorded in his law of perpetual moral obligation on men, as a statute decreed by him, and in virtue of his underived sovereignty, promulgated by his command. "He hath commanded his covenant for ever."[171] The exercise is inculcated according to the will of God, as King and …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

Temporary Hardening.
"Lord, why hast Thou hardened our heart? "--Isa. lxiii. 17. That there is a hardening of heart which culminates in the sin against the Holy Spirit can not be denied. When dealing with spiritual things we must take account of it; for it is one of the most fearful instruments of the divine wrath. For, whether we say that Satan or David or the Lord tempted the king, it amounts to the same thing. The cause is always in man's sin; and in each of these three cases the destructive fatality whereby sin poisons …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

Epistle xxxi. To Phocas, Emperor .
To Phocas, Emperor [218] . Gregory to Phocas Augustus. Glory to God in the highest who, according as it is written, changes times, and transfers kingdoms, seeing that He has made apparent to all what He vouchsafed to speak by His prophet, That the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will (Dan. iv. 17). For in the incomprehensible dispensation of Almighty God there are alternate controlments of mortal life; and sometimes, when the sins of many are to be smitten, …
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great

Fundamental Oneness of the Dispensations.
Hebrews iii. i-iv. 13 (R.V.). "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High-priest of our confession, even Jesus; who was faithful to Him that appointed Him as also was Moses in all his house. For He hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some one; but He that built all things is God. And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, …
Thomas Charles Edwards—The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews

Twentieth Sunday after Trinity the Careful Walk of the Christian.
Text: Ephesians 5, 15-21. 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk [See then that ye walk circumspectly], not as unwise, but as wise; 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; 19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 giving thanks always for all things …
Martin Luther—Epistle Sermons, Vol. III

The Shepherd and the Fold
... Thou hast guided them in Thy strength unto Thy holy habitation.' EXODUS XV. 13. What a grand triumphal ode! The picture of Moses and the children of Israel singing, and Miriam and the women answering: a gush of national pride and of worship! We belong to a better time, but still we can feel its grandeur. The deliverance has made the singer look forward to the end, and his confidence in the issue is confirmed. I. The guiding God: or the picture of the leading. The original is 'lead gently.' Cf. …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted.
1. Absurd fictions of opponents first refuted, and then certain passages of Scripture explained. Answer by a negative. Confirmation of the answer. 2. Another absurdity of Aristotle and Pelagius. Answer by a distinction. Answer fortified by passages from Augustine, and supported by the authority of an Apostle. 3. Third absurdity borrowed from the words of Chrysostom. Answer by a negative. 4. Fourth absurdity urged of old by the Pelagians. Answer from the works of Augustine. Illustrated by the testimony …
John Calvin—The Institutes of the Christian Religion

Covenanting a Privilege of Believers.
Whatever attainment is made by any as distinguished from the wicked, or whatever gracious benefit is enjoyed, is a spiritual privilege. Adoption into the family of God is of this character. "He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power (margin, or, the right; or, privilege) to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."[617] And every co-ordinate benefit is essentially so likewise. The evidence besides, that Covenanting …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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