Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 95:7

"For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!" — Psalms 95:7 (ASV)

To-day if ... —In joining this clause with Psalm 95:8-9, the Authorised Version follows the Septuagint. The Masoretic text connects it with the preceding part of the verse, and there seems no good reason for departing from that arrangement.

Indeed, the change from the third person, “his voice,” to the first, “tempted me,” in the same sentence is intolerable even in Hebrew poetry. Nor is there any necessity to suppose the loss of a line.

Render: For He is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep of his hand. Today, would that you would listen to his voice. The Eastern custom of leading flocks by the voice is doubtless alluded to, as in John 10:4. Notice the resemblance in Psalm 95:6-7 to Psalm 100:3-4.