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they tried me, though they had seen what I did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/95.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/95.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/95.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/95.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/95.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/95.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When your fathers put Me to the test, They tested Me, though they had seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/95.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, though they had seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/95.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, though they had seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/95.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“When your fathers tried Me, They tested Me, though they had seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/95.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, even though they had seen My work [of miracles].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/95.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/95.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />where your fathers tested Me; they tried Me, though they had seen what I did. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/95.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/95.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />For forty years they tested God and saw the things he did. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/95.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/95.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your ancestors challenged me and tested me there, although they had seen what I had done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/95.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There they put me to the test and tried me, although they had seen what I did for them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/95.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />where your ancestors tested me. They tested me, even though they had seen my awesome deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/95.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/95.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/95.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/95.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/95.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/95.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Where your fathers have tried Me, "" Have proved Me, indeed, have seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/95.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/95.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />When your fathers tempted me, they proved me; also they saw my works.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/95.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/95.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 94:9>as in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me; they tested me, though they had seen my works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/95.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />There your ancestors tested me; they tried me though they had seen my works. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/95.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />when your ancestors tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/95.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/95.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For your fathers tempted me and they proved and They saw my works.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/95.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When your fathers tried Me, Proved Me, even though they saw My work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/95.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/95-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=11985" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/95.htm">The Rock of Our Salvation</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">your fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5254.htm" title="5254: nis·sū·nî (V-Piel-Perf-3cp:: 1cs) -- To test, try. A primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt.">tested</a> <a href="/hebrew/974.htm" title="974: bə·ḥā·nū·nî (V-Qal-Perf-3cp:: 1cs) -- To examine, try. A primitive root; to test; generally and figuratively, to investigate.">and tried Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">though</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">they had seen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6467.htm" title="6467: p̄ā·‘o·lî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Doing, deed, work. From pa'al; an act or work.">My work.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">Exodus 17:7</a></span><br />He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22</a></span><br />not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Hebrews 3:8-9</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-16.htm">Deuteronomy 6:16</a></span><br />Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-9.htm">1 Corinthians 10:9</a></span><br />We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-15.htm">Hebrews 3:15-16</a></span><br />As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.” / For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Hebrews 4:7</a></span><br />God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-7.htm">Matthew 4:7</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-12.htm">Luke 4:12</a></span><br />But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-22.htm">Deuteronomy 9:22</a></span><br />You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-18.htm">Psalm 78:18-20</a></span><br />They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. / They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? / When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Psalm 78:40-41</a></span><br />How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! / Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-14.htm">Psalm 106:14</a></span><br />They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-12.htm">Isaiah 7:12</a></span><br />But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Malachi 3:15</a></span><br />So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.</p><p class="hdg">when</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-17.htm">Psalm 78:17,18,40,41,56</a></b></br> And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/10-9.htm">1 Corinthians 10:9</a></b></br> Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.</p><p class="hdg">saw</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22</a></b></br> Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm">Matthew 11:20-22</a></b></br> Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/15-24.htm">John 15:24</a></b></br> If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/psalms/93-2.htm">Power</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-20.htm">Proof</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Tempted</a> <a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Test</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Tested</a> <a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/psalms/92-4.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/106-6.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/psalms/99-4.htm">Power</a> <a href="/matthew/4-7.htm">Proof</a> <a href="/psalms/105-19.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/psalms/106-14.htm">Tempted</a> <a href="/psalms/106-14.htm">Test</a> <a href="/psalms/105-19.htm">Tested</a> <a href="/psalms/105-19.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/psalms/101-3.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 95</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/95-1.htm">An exhortation to praise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/95-3.htm">For his greatness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/95-6.htm">And for his goodness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">And not to tempt him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/95.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/95.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>where your fathers tested and tried Me</b><br>This phrase refers to the Israelites' actions during their wilderness journey after the Exodus from Egypt. The "fathers" are the ancestors of the Israelites who repeatedly tested God's patience and faithfulness. This testing is documented in several instances, such as at Massah and Meribah (<a href="/exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17:1-7</a>, <a href="/numbers/20.htm">Numbers 20:1-13</a>), where the people quarreled with Moses and doubted God's provision. The testing and trying of God reflect a lack of faith and trust, despite His continuous guidance and miraculous interventions. This behavior is a warning against hardening one's heart and serves as a reminder of the consequences of unbelief.<p><b>though they had seen My work</b><br>Despite witnessing God's mighty works, including the plagues in Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea, and the provision of manna and water, the Israelites still doubted and disobeyed. This highlights the human tendency to forget God's past faithfulness and miracles when faced with new challenges. The phrase underscores the importance of remembering and trusting in God's power and provision. It also serves as a typology of Christ, who performed many signs and wonders, yet faced disbelief and rejection. The call is to learn from the past and maintain faith in God's promises and works.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/f/fathers.htm">Fathers</a></b><br>Refers to the ancestors of the Israelites, particularly those who wandered in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. They are the ones who tested God despite witnessing His miraculous works.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting for the testing and trying of God by the Israelites. It was during their 40-year journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/exodus.htm">Exodus</a></b><br>The event of God delivering the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, which included miraculous signs and wonders, such as the parting of the Red Sea.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/testing_and_trying.htm">Testing and Trying</a></b><br>The actions of the Israelites questioning God's presence and provision, despite His continuous miracles and guidance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_work.htm">God's Work</a></b><br>Refers to the miracles and acts of provision and protection that God performed for the Israelites, such as manna from heaven, water from the rock, and guidance by a pillar of cloud and fire.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/recognize_god's_faithfulness.htm">Recognize God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites witnessed God's works, we too must acknowledge His faithfulness in our lives and trust in His provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/avoid_a_hardened_heart.htm">Avoid a Hardened Heart</a></b><br>The Israelites' testing of God stemmed from a hardened heart. We must guard against unbelief and cultivate a heart of faith and gratitude.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learn_from_the_past.htm">Learn from the Past</a></b><br>The history of the Israelites serves as a warning. We should learn from their mistakes and strive to remain faithful and obedient to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_presence.htm">Trust in God's Presence</a></b><br>Even when circumstances seem challenging, we must trust that God is with us, just as He was with the Israelites in the wilderness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respond_with_worship_and_obedience.htm">Respond with Worship and Obedience</a></b><br>Psalm 95 begins with a call to worship. Our response to God's works should be one of worship and obedience, not doubt and testing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_95.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 95</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_he_before_all_things.htm">What occurred at Massah according to the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_95_7-11_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">If Psalm 95:7-11 portrays God's long-term wrath on an entire generation, how does that reconcile with passages emphasizing God's mercy (e.g., Exodus 34:6)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where's_the_evidence_for_psalm_95_8-9.htm">Where is the archaeological or historical evidence supporting the events referenced in Psalm 95:8-9 regarding Israel's wilderness testing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_the_dalai_lama.htm">Who is the Dalai Lama?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/95.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Proved me.</span>--Properly, of trying metals. This term is used of man's attitude towards Providence, both in a good and bad sense (<a href="/malachi/3-10.htm" title="Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, said the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.">Malachi 3:10</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-15.htm" title="And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; yes, they that tempt God are even delivered.">Malachi 3:15</a>).<p><span class= "bld">And saw my work.</span>--Better (as in <a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm" title="Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you.">Isaiah 49:15</a>), <span class= "ital">Yea, they saw my works, </span>watched, that is, God's dealings with ever the same readiness to murmur and repine, and try the Divine patience.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/95.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When your fathers tempted me</span> (see <a href="/exodus/17-2.htm">Exodus 17:2, 7</a>). Proved me; or, "tested me" - put my power and goodness to the proof. <span class="cmt_word">And</span> (rather, <span class="accented">even</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>saw my work</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "saw the water gush forth from the rock, when at my command Moses struck it" (<a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Exodus 17:6</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/95-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">where</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tested</span><br /><span class="heb">נִ֭סּוּנִי</span> <span class="translit">(nis·sū·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5254.htm">Strong's 5254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To test, to attempt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and tried Me,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִי</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥā·nū·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_974.htm">Strong's 974: </a> </span><span class="str2">To test, to investigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">though</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they had seen</span><br /><span class="heb">רָא֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(rā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My work.</span><br /><span class="heb">פָעֳלִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ā·‘o·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6467.htm">Strong's 6467: </a> </span><span class="str2">Doing, deed, work</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/95-9.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 95:9 When your fathers tempted me tested me (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/95-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 95:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 95:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/95-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 95:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 95:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>