Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 95:1

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 95:1

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 95:1

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation." — Psalms 95:1 (ASV)

O come. —The invitation is general, and may be contrasted with the heathen warning to the uninitiated, procul este profani. This exhortation to worship God, not with penitence, but with loud thanksgiving, is, as Perowne notes, the more remarkable considering the strain in which the latter part of the psalm is written.

Make a joyful noise. —There is no one English expression for the full burst of instrumental and vocal music which is meant by the Hebrew word here applied to the Temple service. Vulgate, jubilemus.

Rock of our salvation. —As in Psalm 89:26. (Compare to rock of refuge, Psalms 94:22.)