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href="/bsb/psalms/95.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/95.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/95.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/95.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/95.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/95.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, <i>and</i> as <i>in</i> the day of temptation in the wilderness:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/95.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As <i>in</i> the day of trial in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/95.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, As on the day of Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/95.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/95.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/95.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/95.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts <i>and</i> become spiritually dull as at Meribah [the place of strife], And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/95.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the wilderness<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/95.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the wilderness <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/95.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/95.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't be stubborn and rebel as your ancestors did at Meribah and Massah out in the desert. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/95.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/95.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Do not be stubborn like [my people were] at Meribah, like the time at Massah in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/95.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day in the desert at Massah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/95.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />do not be stubborn like your ancestors were at Meribah, as on that day at Massah, in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/95.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/95.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/95.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/95.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/95.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/95.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not harden your heart as [in] Meribah, "" As [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/95.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/95.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall not harden your heart as the strife, as the day of trial in the desert:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/95.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/95.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 94:8>If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/95.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the desert. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/95.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/95.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Harden not your heart, as in the provocation and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/95.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Do not harden your hearts to anger him like the rebels and like the day of temptation which was in the wilderness.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/95.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/95.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, according to the day of irritation in the wilderness:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/95-8.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=11978" 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">7</span>For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7185.htm" title="7185: taq·šū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To be hard, severe or fierce. A primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. Tough or severe.">harden</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">your hearts</a> <a href="/hebrew/4809.htm" title="4809: kim·rî·ḇāh (Prep-k:: N-proper-fs) -- Place of strife, two places in the desert. The same as mriybah; Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert.">as you did at Meribah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: kə·yō·wm (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">in the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/4532.htm" title="4532: mas·sāh (N-proper-fs) -- A place in the desert where Isr. rebelled. The same as maccah; Massah, a place in the Desert.">at Massah</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness,</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.…<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="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / 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="/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="/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1-7</a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. / So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?” / But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-2.htm">Numbers 20:2-13</a></span><br />Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. / The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! / Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? ...<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</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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Hebrews 3:8</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a></span><br />For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1-3</a></span><br />Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. / Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-11.htm">Hebrews 4:11</a></span><br />Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24-26</a></span><br />Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Ezekiel 20:8-13</a></span><br />But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. / But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. / So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them into the wilderness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Ezekiel 20:21-24</a></span><br />But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness. / But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. / However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a></span><br />But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:</p><p class="hdg">harden</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Exodus 8:15</a></b></br> But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/6-6.htm">1 Samuel 6:6</a></b></br> Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/5-20.htm">Daniel 5:20</a></b></br> But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:</p><p class="hdg">in the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/17-2.htm">Exodus 17:2,7</a></b></br> Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11,22,27</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/20-13.htm">Numbers 20:13</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.</p><p class="hdg">provocation.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/94-2.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/psalms/94-4.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/job/16-5.htm">Harden</a> <a href="/psalms/94-19.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/94-15.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-8.htm">Massah</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Meribah</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Mer'ibah</a> <a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Provocation</a> <a href="/revelation/3-10.htm">Temptation</a> <a href="/psalms/91-6.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/102-6.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Harden</a> <a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">Massah</a> <a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Meribah</a> <a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Mer'ibah</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-25.htm">Provocation</a> <a href="/matthew/6-13.htm">Temptation</a> <a href="/psalms/102-6.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/102-6.htm">Wilderness</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>do not harden your hearts</b><br>This phrase is a call to remain open and receptive to God's voice and guidance. In biblical terms, a "hardened heart" signifies stubbornness and resistance to God's will. This concept is frequently addressed in Scripture, such as in <a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Exodus 7:3</a>, where Pharaoh's heart is hardened against letting the Israelites go. The New Testament also warns against hardening one's heart, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/3-15.htm">Hebrews 3:15</a>, which directly references this Psalm. The heart, in biblical anthropology, is the center of one's being, encompassing mind, will, and emotions. A hardened heart is spiritually dangerous because it leads to disobedience and separation from God.<p><b>as you did at Meribah</b><br>Meribah, meaning "quarreling" or "strife," refers to an event recorded in <a href="/exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17:1-7</a> and <a href="/numbers/20.htm">Numbers 20:1-13</a>, where the Israelites quarreled with Moses due to a lack of water. This location is significant because it represents a moment of testing and rebellion against God. The Israelites' lack of faith and trust in God's provision led to their grumbling and testing of the Lord. This incident is a warning against repeating the mistakes of the past, emphasizing the importance of faith and obedience.<p><b>in the day at Massah</b><br>Massah, meaning "testing," is closely linked with Meribah and is mentioned in the same biblical accounts. The name itself signifies the Israelites' testing of God, questioning His presence and care for them. This event is a critical lesson in the history of Israel, illustrating the consequences of doubt and unbelief. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-16.htm">Deuteronomy 6:16</a> explicitly instructs not to test the Lord as was done at Massah, highlighting the importance of trust and reliance on God's faithfulness.<p><b>in the wilderness</b><br>The wilderness represents a place of testing and transformation for the Israelites. It is where they wandered for 40 years due to their disobedience and lack of faith, as recounted in <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>. The wilderness is both a literal and metaphorical setting, symbolizing trials and the journey of faith. It serves as a backdrop for God's provision and discipline, teaching reliance on Him. The wilderness experience is also a type of the Christian journey, where believers are refined and learn to depend on God, as seen in Jesus' own time in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4.htm">Matthew 4:1-11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/meribah.htm">Meribah</a></b><br>A location where the Israelites quarreled with Moses and tested the Lord by demanding water, leading to Moses striking the rock to bring forth water (<a href="/exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17:1-7</a>).<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/massah.htm">Massah</a></b><br>Another name for the same event at Meribah, emphasizing the testing of God by the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who was instructed by God to bring water from the rock at Meribah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, often struggling with faith and obedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert area where the Israelites wandered for 40 years, a place of testing and reliance on God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guard_against_hardness_of_heart.htm">Guard Against Hardness of Heart</a></b><br>Believers are called to remain sensitive and responsive to God's voice, avoiding the stubbornness that characterized the Israelites at Meribah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_testing_god.htm">The Danger of Testing God</a></b><br>Testing God reflects a lack of trust and can lead to spiritual consequences. We are encouraged to trust in God's provision and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a></b><br>The events at Meribah and Massah serve as a warning to learn from the past and not repeat the same errors in our spiritual journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's instructions is crucial. Disobedience, as seen in Moses' actions at Meribah, can lead to missed blessings and opportunities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_provision.htm">Faith in God's Provision</a></b><br>Even in difficult circumstances, believers are called to have faith in God's ability to provide and sustain, just as He did for the Israelites in the wilderness.<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/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/how_does_heb._3_11_align_with_god's_love.htm">Hebrews 3:11 alludes to God’s wrath preventing entry into rest; how does this align with a loving God in contrast to other biblical passages emphasizing divine mercy? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happened_at_massah_in_the_bible.htm">What occurred at Massah according to the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_harden_hearts.htm">Why does God cause people's hearts to harden?</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>(8) The mention of the guiding voice suggests to the poet to make God Himself address His people, and with this verse the Divine warning begins.<p><span class= "bld">Provocation . . .</span> <span class= "bld">temptation.</span>--It is better to keep here the proper names <span class= "ital">Meribah </span>and <span class= "ital">Massah </span>(<a href="/context/exodus/17-1.htm" title="And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.">Exodus 17:1-7</a>; <a href="/numbers/20-13.htm" title="This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.">Numbers 20:13</a> : comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/33-8.htm" title="And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you did prove at Massah, and with whom you did strive at the waters of Meribah;">Deuteronomy 33:8</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/95.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Harden not your heart, as in the provocation;</span> rather, <span class="accented">as at Meribah</span> (see <a href="/exodus/17-2.htm">Exodus 17:2-7</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;</span> rather, <span class="accented">and as in the day of Massah.</span> The children of Israel "tempted" God, and "chided" with Moses at Massah (or Meribah) in the wilderness, where water was first given them out of the rock. Their descendants are warned not to follow the example of their forefathers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/95-8.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">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">harden</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּקְשׁ֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(taq·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7185.htm">Strong's 7185: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be hard, severe or fierce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your hearts</span><br /><span class="heb">לְ֭בַבְכֶם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as you did at Meribah,</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(kim·rî·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4808.htm">Strong's 4808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strife, contention</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as on that day</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּי֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(kə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Massah</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֝סָּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(mas·sāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4531.htm">Strong's 4531: </a> </span><span class="str2">A testing, of men, of God</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the wilderness,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/95-8.htm">Psalm 95:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 95:8 Don't harden your heart as at Meribah (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/95-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 95:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 95:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/95-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 95:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 95:9" /></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>