Tilbedelse og lydighed
1Kom, lad os lovprise Herren med sang,
lad os råbe af fryd for vor Frelser.
2Lad os komme til ham med tak,
lad os spille og synge til hans ære.
3For Herren er den almægtige Gud,
Kongen over alle guder.
4Han hersker over havenes dyb,
de mægtige bjerge tilhører ham.
5Han skabte både hav og land,
derfor tilhører det hele ham.
6Kom, lad os bøje os og tilbede vor Gud,
lad os knæle for Herren, vor Skaber.
7Han er vor Gud, og vi er hans folk,
den hjord, han vogter og tager sig af.
Gid I ville lytte til, hvad han siger i dag:
8Lad være med at lukke af for mit ord,
som da jeres forfædre gjorde oprør ved Meriba95,8 Meriba betyder „strid, skænderi, oprør”, og Massa betyder „provokation”, jf. 2.Mos. 17,7.
og satte sig op imod mig ved Massa i ørkenen.
9De provokerede mig og satte mig på prøve,
selv om de havde set mine undere i 40 år.
10Jeg blev vred på dem og sagde:
„De går altid deres egne veje,
i stedet for at følge mine.”
11Så svor jeg i min vrede:
„De skal ikke få lov at opleve min hvile.”
Psalm 95
1Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
3For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
4In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
6Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
7for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
Today, if only you would hear his voice,
8‘Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,95:8 Meribah means quarrelling.
as you did that day at Massah95:8 Massah means testing. in the wilderness,
9where your ancestors tested me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10For forty years I was angry with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray,
and they have not known my ways.”
11So I declared on oath in my anger,
“They shall never enter my rest.” ’
