Psalms 95:8

95:7 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,

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: provocation: Heb. contention

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Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

What does Psalms 95:8 mean?

Psalms 95:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָשָׁה (qâshâh), לֵבָב (lêbâb), מְרִיבָה (mᵉrîybâh).

Hebrew interlinear

Hardenקָשָׁהqâshâh/kaw-shaw'/H7185properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)

not

your

heart,לֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);

the

provocation,מְרִיבָהmᵉrîybâh/mer-ee-baw'/H4808quarrel

and

the

dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

temptationמַסָּהmaççâh/mas-saw'/H4531a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)

the

wilderness:מִדְבָּרmidbâr/mid-bawr'/H4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

provocation:

Heb.

contention

Topics

Obduracy Procrastination Quotations and Allusions Repentance Self-Will and Stubbornness Unbelief

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 95:8.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

Deuteronomy 32:51

Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. Meribah-Kadesh: or, strife at Kadesh

Exodus 16:1

And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 95:8 say?

Psalms 95:8 (King James Version) reads: "Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: provocation: Heb. contention"

Is Psalms 95:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 95:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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