Salmos 95

O come, let us sing unto the LORD : let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
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A expressão 'Rei grande sobre todos os deuses' reflete o contexto cultural antigo onde outras divindades eram reconhecidas, mas Yahweh é exaltado como supremo (cf. ex18:11). No NT, 1co8:5-6 reinterpreta essa ideia, mantendo o monoteísmo.
In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land .
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
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A frase 'Se hoje ouvirdes a sua voz' é citada em hb3:7-11, aplicando o alerta aos cristãos. O 'repouso' (v.11) ganha significado messiânico em hb4:1-11, associado à salvação em Cristo.
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
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A 'provocação' e 'tentação no deserto' remetem ao episódio de Massá e Meribá (ex17:1-7), onde Israel duvidou de Deus. Nm14:22-23 detalha as consequências dessa rebelião.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
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A 'obra' de Deus mencionada inclui milagres como o maná e a água da rocha, mas a falta de fé persistiu por 40 anos (Nm14:33-34).
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:
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
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O 'repouso' prometido originalmente era Canaã, mas na interpretação cristã (hb4:8-10) tornou-se símbolo da redenção final. Arqueologicamente, a estela de Merneptah (1208 a.C.) menciona Israel em Canaã, mas não comprova o Êxodo.