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Psalms 95:10
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For forty years I loathed that generation,And said they are a people who wander in their heart,And they do not know My ways.
"For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.
Fourtie yeres long was I greeued with that generation: and I sayde this people erreth in heart, and they haue not knowen my wayes.
Forty years was I grieved with the generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways;
For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, "It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.'
For forty years I was disgusted with this generation; and I said, They are a people who err in heart; and, They do not know My ways,
I was angry with them for 40 years. I said, ‘They are not faithful to me. They refuse to do what I say.'
Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, And said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."
Fortie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation: and sayd, It is a people that doe erre in their heart: and they haue not knowen my wayes.
XL. yeares longe was I greued with that generacion, & sayde: they euer erre in their hertes, they verely haue not knowne my wayes.
class="poetry"> Come, let's shout praises to God , raise the roof for the Rock who saved us! Let's march into his presence singing praises, lifting the rafters with our hymns! And why? Because God is the best, High King over all the gods. In one hand he holds deep caves and caverns, in the other hand grasps the high mountains. He made Ocean—he owns it! His hands sculpted Earth! So come, let us worship: bow before him, on your knees before God , who made us! Oh yes, he's our God, and we're the people he pastures, the flock he feeds. Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks: "Don't turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising, As on the day of the Wilderness Test, when your ancestors turned and put me to the test. For forty years they watched me at work among them, as over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked—oh, was I provoked! ‘Can't they keep their minds on God for five minutes? Do they simply refuse to walk down my road?' Exasperated, I exploded, ‘They'll never get where they're headed, never be able to sit down and rest.'"
"For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation, And I said, 'They are a people who err in their heart, And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.'
Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;
Forty years long I was grieved with [that] generation, And said, It is a people that errs 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 err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.'
Then God got tired of them and said, "You never show good sense, and you don't understand what I want you to do."
For forty years I loathed that generation; I said, ‘This is a people whose hearts go astray, they don't understand how I do things.'
Fourtie yeeres haue I contended with this generation, and said, They are a people that erre in heart, for they haue not knowen my wayes.
Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways,
Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, And said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."
For forty years was I wearied with that generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their heart,
For forty years I was angry with them, and I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.'
I was angry with the people of that day for forty years. I said, "They always think wrong thoughts. And they do not know My ways."
Forty years was I grieved with this generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways.
Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways."
For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways."
Forty years, loathed I that generation, So I said - A people going astray in heart, they are, Even they, have not known my ways!
(94-10) Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart.
For forty years I loathed that generation, and said, ‘They are a people whose heart wanders. And my ways they do not know.'
For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways."
"For forty years I was disgusted with that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.
I was angry with those people for forty years. I said, ‘They are not loyal to me and have not understood my ways.'
For forty years I was disgusted with those people. I said, ‘How disloyal they are! They refuse to obey my commands.'
For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know My ways."
Fourti yeer I was offendid to this generacioun; and Y seide, Euere thei erren in herte.
Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, `A people erring in heart -- they! And they have not known My ways:'
For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who err in heart, and they do not regard my ways."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Forty: Numbers 14:33, Numbers 14:34, Numbers 32:13, Deuteronomy 1:3, Deuteronomy 2:14-16, Hebrews 3:9, Hebrews 3:10, Hebrews 3:17
grieved: Genesis 6:6, Ephesians 4:30
err: Isaiah 63:17, Hebrews 3:10, Hebrews 3:17
and they: Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:22-29, Jeremiah 9:6, John 3:19-21, Romans 1:28
Reciprocal: Joshua 5:6 - walked Joshua 24:7 - ye dwelt Psalms 119:118 - err Isaiah 43:24 - filled me Jeremiah 5:23 - a revolting Jeremiah 44:22 - could Ezekiel 16:43 - but hast Amos 2:10 - and led Malachi 2:17 - wearied Matthew 17:17 - how long shall I be Mark 3:5 - grieved Acts 7:42 - of forty Hebrews 9:7 - errors
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation,.... The generation of the wilderness, as the Jews commonly call them; and which was a stubborn and a rebellious one, whose heart and spirit were not right with God, Psalms 78:8, wherefore, speaking after the manner of men, God was grieved with them, as he was with the old world, Genesis 6:6, or he was "weary" of them, and "loathed" them as the word l sometimes signifies; wherefore, after the affair of the spies, to which Aben Ezra thinks this had reference, they did not hear from the mouth of the Lord, there was no prophecy sent them by the hand of Moses, as the same writer observes; nor any history or account of them, from that time till they came to the border of Canaan; so greatly was their conduct and behaviour resented: and it was much such a term of time that was between the beginning of the ministry of John the Baptist and of Christ, and the destruction of Jerusalem; during which time the Jews tempted Christ, tried his patience, saw his works, and grieved his Spirit, which brought at last ruin upon them:
and said, it is a people that do err in their heart; he was not only inwardly grieved with them, but, speaking after the same human manner, he gave his grief vent, he spoke and gave this just character of them. The apostle adds "alway", Hebrews 3:10 and so does the Arabic version here, and which is implied in the words "do err"; they not only had erred, but they continued to do so; and their errors were not merely through weakness, ignorance, and mistake, but were voluntary, and with their whole hearts; they sprung from their hearts, which were desperately wicked; they erred willingly and wilfully; and this the Lord, the searcher of hearts, knew and took notice of:
and they have not known my ways; they had his law, his statutes, and his judgments, and so must know the ways he prescribed them to walk in; but they did not practically observe them: or his ways of providence; which they did not take that notice of as they ought to have done; they did not consider them as they should, nor improve them in the manner as became them; they were not thankful for their mercies as they ought; nor did the goodness of God lead them to repentance.
l אקוט "fastidio habui", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Gejerus, so Cocceius, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Forty years long - All the time that they were in the wilderness. During this long period their conduct was such as to try my patience and forbearance.
Was I grieved - The word used here - קוט qûṭ - means properly to loathe, to nauseate, to be disgusted with. It is translated “loathe” in Ezekiel 6:9; Ezekiel 20:43; Ezekiel 36:31; and grieved in Psalms 119:158; Psalms 139:21. It is here expressive of the strong abhorrence which God had of their conduct. Compare Revelation 3:16.
With this generation - With the entire generation that came out of Egypt. They were all cut off in the wilderness, except Caleb and Joshua.
And said, It is a people - It is a characteristic of the entire people, that they are disposed to wander from God.
That do err in their heart - In the Epistle to the Hebrews Hebrews 3:10 where this is quoted, it is, “They do always err in their heart.” The sense is substantially the same. See the notes at that place.
And they have not known my ways - See the notes at Hebrews 3:10.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 95:10. Forty years long — They did nothing but murmur, disbelieve, and rebel, from the time they began their journey at the Red Sea till they passed over Jordan, a period of forty years. During all this time God was grieved by that generation; yet he seldom showed forth that judgment which they most righteously had deserved.
It is a people that do err in their heart — Or, according to the Chaldee, These are a people whose idols are in their hearts. At any rate they had not GOD there.
They have not known my ways — The verb ידע yada, to know, is used here, as in many other parts of Scripture, to express approbation. They knew God's ways well enough; but they did not like them; and would not walk in them. "These wretched men," says the old Psalter, "were gifnen to the lufe of this lyfe: knewe noght my ways of mekenes, and charite: for thi in my wreth I sware to thaim; that es, I sett stabely that if that sall entre in till my rest;" that is, they shall not enter into my rest.
This ungrateful people did not approve of God's ways - they did not enter into his designs - they did not conform to his commands - they paid no attention to his miracles - and did not acknowledge the benefits which they received from his hands; therefore God determined that they should not enter into the rest which he had promised to them on condition that, if they were obedient, they should inherit the promised land. So none of those who came out of Egypt, except Joshua and Caleb, entered into Canaan; all the rest died in the wilderness, wherein, because of their disobedience, God caused them to wander forty years.
It is well known that the land of Canaan was a type of heaven, where, after all his toils, the good and faithful servant is to enter into the joy of his Lord. And as those Israelites in the wilderness were not permitted to enter into the land of Canaan because of their unbelief, their distrust of God's providence, and consequent disobedience, St. Paul hence takes occasion to exhort the Jews, Hebrews 4:2-11, to accept readily the terms offered to them by the Gospel. He shows that the words of the present Psalm are applicable to the state of Christianity; and intimates to them that, if they persisted in obstinate refusal of those gracious offers, they likewise would fall according to the same example of unbelief. - Dodd.
ANALYSIS OF THE NINETY-FIFTH PSALM
This Psalm contains two parts: -
I. An exhortation to praise God, to adore, worship, kneel, Psalms 95:1-2; Psalms 95:6.
II. Reasons to persuade to it.
1. God's mercies, Psalms 95:3-5; Psalms 95:7.
2. His judgments in punishing his own people Israel for neglect of this duty.
I. The psalmist begins this Psalm with an earnest invitation, including himself; saying, -
1. "O come, let us;" come along with me. Though a king, he thought not himself exempted.
2. And the assembly being come together, he acquaints them what they came for: -
1. "To sing to the Lord." 1. Heartily, joyfully: "Let us make a joyful noise;" make a jubilee of it. 2. Openly, and with a loud voice: "Let us make a joyful noise with Psalms." 3. Reverently, as being in his eye, "his presence." 4. Gratefully: "Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving."
2. "To worship, to bow down, to kneel," Psalms 95:6. Adoration, humble adoration; outward worship - that of the body, as well as inward - that of the soul, is his due; and that for these reasons: -
II. 1. Because he is "the Rock of our salvation;" whether temporal or spiritual. So long as we rely on him as a Rock, we are safe from the tyranny of men, from the wrath of God, from the power of the devil, death, and hell.
2. Because he is "a great God, and a great King above all gods," JEHOVAH, a God whose name is I am, an incommunicable name to any other; for his essence is from himself, and immutable; all others derivative and mutable; and the great JEHOVAH, great in power, majesty, and glory; for he "is above all gods."
3. The whole orb of the earth is under his power and dominion: "In his hands are all the corners of the earth; the strength of the hills is his also." The globe in all its extensions is subject to him.
4. And no wonder, for he is the Creator of both, which is another argument: "The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land."
5. "He is our Maker," the Creator and Lord of men also.
6. Our Lord God in particular, for he hath called us to be his inheritance: "For we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand."
In which duty, if we fail, he proposeth what is to be expected by the example of the Israelites.
I. God gave them a day, and he gives it to you; it is the hodie, to-day, of your life.
2. In this day he speaks, he utters his voice: outwardly he speaks by his word; inwardly, by his Spirit.
3. This you are bound to hear, to obey.
4. And it is your own fault if you hear it not, for you may hear it if you will; to that purpose he hath given you a day: "To-day if you will hear his voice."
5. Suppose you hear it not; the cause is, the hardness of your hearts: and take heed of it; "harden not your hearts."
For then it will be with you as it was with the Israelites.
I. "As in the day of temptation in the wilderness," at Meribah and Massah.
2. "When your fathers," the Israelites that then lived, "tempted me and proved me." They asked whether God was among them or not? They questioned my power, whether I was able to give them bread and water, and flesh?
3. And they found that I was able to do it: "They saw my works;" for I brought them water out of the rock, and gave them bread from heaven, and flesh also.
Their stubbornness was of long continuance, and often repeated, for it lasted forty years: "Forty years was I grieved with this generation;" which drew God to pass this censure and verdict upon them: -
1. His censure was, that they were an obstinate perverse people, "a people that do always err in their hearts;" that were led by their own desires, which caused them to err; the way of God they would not go in; they knew it not, that is, they liked it not.
2. This verdict upon them: "Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest;" i.e., literally, into the land of Canaan that I promised them. The oath is extant, Numbers 14:28-29. "As I live, saith the Lord, your carcasses shall fall in the wilderness;" and in the wilderness they did fall, every one except Caleb and Joshua, a fearful example against stubbornness and disobedience. Let him that readeth understand.
