Psalms 95 · Verse 2

Psalms 95:2

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Psalms 95:2, King James Version

Psalms 95:2 in other translations

BSBLet us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
WEBLet’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
ASVLet us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
YLTWe come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him.
DARBYLet us come before his face with thanksgiving; let us shout aloud unto him with psalms.
BBELet us come before his face with praises; and make melody with holy songs.
WebsterLet us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

What does Psalms 95:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. come ... presence--literally, "approach," or, meet Him (Psa 17:13).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Let us come before his presence - פניו panaiv, his faces, with thanksgiving, בתודה bethodah, with confession, or with the confession-offering. Praise him for what he has all ready done, and confess your unworthiness of any of his blessings. The confession-offering, the great atoning sacrifice, can alone render your acknowledgment of sin and thanksgiving acceptable to a holy and just God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 95:1-11

Chapter Outline part. An exhortation to praise God. (1-7) A warning not to tempt Him. (7-11) Verses 1-7 Whenever we come into God's presence, we must come with thanksgiving. The Lord is to be praised; we do not want matter, it were well if we did not want a heart. How great is that God, whose the whole earth is, and the fulness thereof; who directs and disposes of all!, The Lord Jesus, whom we are here taught to…

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Psalms 95:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נְקַדְּמָ֣הne.ka.de.Mahlet us approachH6923
פָנָ֣יוfa.Navpresence hisH6440
בְּתוֹדָ֑הbe.to.Dahwith thanksgivingH8426
בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹתbiz.mi.Rotwith songsH2158
נָרִ֥יעַֽna.Ri.a'let us shout for joyH7321
לֽוֹ\׃loto him

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 95:2

  • Ephesians 5:19

    Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

  • Psalms 100:4

    Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

  • Jeremiah 31:12-13

    Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

  • Psalms 105:2

    Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

  • Micah 6:6

    Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

  • Psalms 17:13

    Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

  • Psalms 100:2

    Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

  • Psalms 7:7

    So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

  • James 5:13

    Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

  • Psalms 81:2

    Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let us.
7:7; 100:2,4; Jer 31:12,13
come before his presence. Heb. prevent his face.
17:13; *marg:
psalms.
105:2; Jas 5:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 95:1

    O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

  • Psalms 95:2

    Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

  • Psalms 95:3

    For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

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Psalms 95:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Lleguemos ante su acatamiento con alabanza; aclamémosle con cánticos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Allons au-devant de lui avec la louange, poussons vers lui des cris de joie en chantant des psaumes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Lasset uns ihm entgegengehen mit Lob, lasset uns mit Psalmen ihm zujauchzen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cantate Domino, et benedicite nomini ejus; annuntiate de die in diem salutare ejus.