Parallel Verses English Standard Version Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. King James Bible Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. American Standard Version Sing unto Jehovah, bless his name; Show forth his salvation from day to day. Douay-Rheims Bible Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day. English Revised Version Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. Webster's Bible Translation Sing to the LORD, bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day. Psalm 96:2 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe second decastich begins in the midst of the Masoretic Psalm 95:7. Up to this point the church stirs itself up to a worshipping appearing before its God; now the voice of God (Hebrews 4:7), earnestly admonishing, meets it, resounding from out of the sanctuary. Since שׁמע בּ signifies not merely to hear, but to hear obediently, Psalm 95:7 cannot be a conditioning protasis to what follows. Hengstenberg wishes to supply the apodosis: "then will He bless you, His people;" but אם in other instances too (Psalm 81:9; Psalm 139:19; Proverbs 24:11), like לוּ, has an optative signification, which it certainly has gained by a suppression of a promissory apodosis, but yet without the genius of the language having any such in mind in every instance. The word היּום placed first gives prominence to the present, in which this call to obedience goes forth, as a decisive turning-point. The divine voice warningly calls to mind the self-hardening of Israel, which came to light at Merמbah, on the day of Massah. What is referred to, as also in Psalm 81:8, is the tempting of God in the second year of the Exodus on account of the failing of water in the neighbourhood of Horeb, at the place which is for this reason called Massah u-Merı̂bah (Exodus 17:1-7); from which is to be distinguished the tempting of God in the fortieth year of the Exodus at Merı̂bah, viz., at the waters of contention near Kadesh (written fully Mê-Merı̂bah Kadesh, or more briefly Mê-Merı̂bah), Numbers 20:2-13 (cf. on Psalm 78:20). Strictly כמריבה signifies nothing but instar Meribae, as in Psalm 83:10 instar Midianitarum; but according to the sense, כּ is equivalent to כּעל. Psalm 106:32, just as כּיום is equivalent to כּביום. On אשׁר, quum, cf. Deuteronomy 11:6. The meaning of גּם־ראוּ פעלי is not they also (גם as in Psalm 52:7) saw His work; for the reference to the giving of water out of the rock would give a thought that is devoid of purpose here, and the assertion is too indefinite for it to be understood of the judgment upon those who tempted God (Hupfeld and Hitzig). It is therefore rather to be rendered: notwithstanding (ho'moos, Ew. 354, a) they had ( equals although they had, cf. גם in Isaiah 49:15) seen His work (His wondrous guiding and governing), and might therefore be sure that He would not suffer them to be destroyed. The verb קוּט coincides with κοτέω, κότος. בּדּור .ען, for which the lxx has τῇ γενεᾷ ἐκείνη, is anarthrous in order that the notion may be conceived of more qualitatively than relatively: with a (whole) generation. With ואמר Jahve calls to mind the repeated declarations of His vexation concerning their heart, which was always inclined towards error which leads to destruction - declarations, however, which bore no fruit. Just this ineffectiveness of His indignation had as its result that (אשׁר, not ὅτι but ὥστε, as in Genesis 13:16; Deuteronomy 28:27, Deuteronomy 28:51; 2 Kings 9:37, and frequently) He sware, etc. (אם equals verily not, Gesen. 155, 2, f, with the emphatic future form in n which follows). It is the oath in Numbers 14:27. that is meant. The older generation died in the desert, and therefore lost the entering into the rest of God, by reason of their disobedience. If now, many centuries after Moses, they are invited in the Davidic Psalter to submissive adoration of Jahve, with the significant call: "To-day if ye will hearken to His voice!" and with a reference to the warning example of the fathers, the obedience of faith, now as formerly, has therefore to look forward to the gracious reward of entering into God's rest, which the disobedient at that time lost; and the taking possession of Canaan was, therefore, not as yet the final מנוּחה (Deuteronomy 12:9). This is the connection of the wider train of thought which to the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews Heb 3:1, Hebrews 4:1, follows from this text of the Psalm. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge bless Psalm 103:1,2,20-22 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name... Psalm 145:1,10 I will extol you, my God, O king; and I will bless your name for ever and ever... shew Mark 16:15 And he said to them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Cross References Psalm 13:6 I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me. Psalm 71:15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge. Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! Jump to Previous Bless Blessing Forth Good Praise Proclaim Salvation Shew Show Sing Songs TidingsJump to Next Bless Blessing Forth Good Praise Proclaim Salvation Shew Show Sing Songs TidingsLinks Psalm 96:2 NIVPsalm 96:2 NLT Psalm 96:2 ESV Psalm 96:2 NASB Psalm 96:2 KJV Psalm 96:2 Bible Apps Psalm 96:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 96:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 96:2 French Bible Psalm 96:2 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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