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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 95 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/95.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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96">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Worship and Obey the <span class="nd">Lord</span></h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.1" class="v19_95_1">1</span>Sing joyful songs to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_1">Praise the mighty rock<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.95.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_1">where we are safe.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.2" class="v19_95_2">2</span>Come to worship him</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_2">with thankful hearts</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_2">and songs of praise.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.3" class="v19_95_3">3</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> is the greatest God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_3">king over all other gods.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.4" class="v19_95_4">4</span>He holds the deepest part</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_4">of the earth in his hands,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_4">and the mountain peaks</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_4">also belong to him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.5" class="v19_95_5">5</span>The ocean is the Lord's</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_5">because he made it,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_5">and with his own hands</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_5">he formed the dry land.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.6" class="v19_95_6">6</span>Bow down and worship</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_6">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> our Creator!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.7" class="v19_95_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.95.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> <a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.95.7!x.2" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> is our God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_7">and we are his people,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_7">the sheep he takes care of</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_7">in his own pasture.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_7">Listen to God's voice today!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.8" class="v19_95_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.95.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Don't be stubborn and rebel</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_8">as your ancestors did</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_8">at Meribah and Massah<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.95.8!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_8">out in the desert.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.9" class="v19_95_9">9</span>For forty years</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_9">they tested God and saw</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_9">the things he did.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.10" class="v19_95_10">10</span>Then God got tired of them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_10">and said,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_10">“You never show good sense,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_10">and you don't understand</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_10">what I want you to do.”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.95.11" class="v19_95_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.95.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> In his anger, God told them,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_95_11">“You people will never enter</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_95_11">my place of rest.”</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">95.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">mighty rock: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 18.2.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">95.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Meribah and Massah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 81.7.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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