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Psalms 95:4 World English Bible (WEB)

4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his.

Cross Reference

Psalms 135:6 WEB

Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

Job 9:5 WEB

Who removes the mountains, and they don't know it, When he overturns them in his anger

Job 11:10 WEB

If he passes by, or confines, Or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

Psalms 21:2 WEB

You have given him his heart's desire, And have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

Psalms 65:6 WEB

Who by his power forms the mountains, Having armed yourself with strength;

Psalms 97:5 WEB

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Micah 1:4 WEB

The mountains melt under him, And the valleys split apart, Like wax before the fire, Like waters that are poured down a steep place.

Nahum 1:5 WEB

The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

Habakkuk 3:6 WEB

He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.

Habakkuk 3:10 WEB

The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The tempest of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.

Commentary on Psalms 95 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 95

Ps 95:1-11. David (Heb 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 (Ps 62:7).

2. come … presence—literally, "approach," or, meet Him (Ps 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 Ps 23:3; 74:1). The last clause is united by Paul (Heb 3:7) to the following (compare Ps 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 (Nu 14:11) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Ex 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Ps 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," &c., part of the form of swearing (compare Nu 14:30; Ps 89:35).