O come, let us worship and bow down,.... Before him who is the Rock of our salvation, the great God and great King, the Creator of the ends of the earth, the proper object of all religious worship and adoration: Christ is to be worshipped with every part of external worship under the New Testament dispensation; psalms and songs of praise are to be sung unto him; prayer is to be made unto him; the Gospel is to be preached, and ordinances to be administered, in his name; and likewise with all internal worship, in the exercise of every grace on him, as faith, hope, and love: see Psalm 45:11, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; both in a natural and spiritual sense: Christ is the Maker of us as creatures, of our souls and bodies; we have our natural being from him, and are supported in it by him; and he is the Maker of us as new creatures; we are his workmanship, created in him, and by him; and therefore he should be worshipped by us, Ephesians 2:10. Kimchi distinguishes these several gestures, expressed by the different words here used; the first, we render worship, signifies, according to him, the prostration of the whole body on the ground, with the hands and legs stretched out; the second, a bowing of the head, with part of the body; and the third, a bending of the knees on the ground; but though each of these postures and gestures have been, and may be, used in religious worship, yet they seem not so much to design them themselves, and the particular use of them, as worship itself, which is in general intended by them. The Treasury of David 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. 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, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. Psalm 95:6 Here the exhortation to worship is renewed and backed with a motive which, to Israel of old, and to Christians now, is especially powerful; for both the Israel after the flesh and the Israel of faith may be described as the people of his pasture, and by both he is called our God. O come, let us worship and bow down. The adoration is to be humble. The joyful noise is to be accompanied with lowliest reverence. We are to worship in such style that the bowing down shall indicate that we count ourselves to be as nothing in the presence of the all-glorious Lord. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker. As suppliants must we come; joyful, but not presumptuous; familiar as children before a father, yet reverential as creatures before their maker. Posture is not everything, yet is it something; prayer is heard when knees cannot bend, but it is seemly that an adoring heart should show its awe by prostrating the body, and bending the knee. Psalm 95:7 For he is our God. Here is the master reason for worship. Jehovah has entered into covenant with us, and from all the world beside has chosen us to be his own elect. If others refuse him homage, we at least will render it cheerfully. He is ours, and our God; ours, therefore will we love him; our God, therefore will we worship him. Happy is that man who can sincerely believe that this sentence is true in reference to himself. And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. As he belongs to us, so do we belong to him. My Beloved is mine, and I am his. And we are his as the people whom he daily feeds and protects. Our pastures are not ours, but his; we draw all our supplies from his stores. We are his, even as sheep belong to the shepherd, and his hand is our rule, our guidance, our government, our succour, our source of supply. Israel was led through the desert, and we are led through this life by that great Shepherd of the sheep. The hand which cleft the sea and brought water from the rock is still with us, working equal wonders. Can we refuse to worship and bow down when we clearly see that this God is our God for ever and ever, and will be our guide, even unto death? But what is this warning which follows? Alas, it was sorrowfully needed by the Lords ancient people, and is not one whit the less required by ourselves. The favoured nation grew deaf to their Lords command, and proved not to be truly his sheep, of whom it is written, My sheep hear my voice: will this turn out to be our character also? God forbid. To-day if ye will hear his voice. Dreadful if Many would not hear, they put off the claims of love, and provoked their God. To-day, in the hour of grace, in the day of mercy, we are tried as to whether we have an ear for the voice of our Creator. Nothing is said of to- morrow, he limiteth a certain day, he presses for immediate attention, for our own sakes he asks instantaneous obedience. Shall we yield it? The Holy Ghost saith To-day, will we grieve him by delay? Psalm 95:8 Harden not your heart. If ye will hear, learn to fear also. The sea and the land obey him, do not prove more obstinate than they! Yield to his love who round you now continued... Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 6. come—or, enter, with solemn forms, as well as hearts. Psalm 95:6 Additional Commentaries Context Shout Aloud to the Rock of Our Salvation! … 5 The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land. 6 Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. 7 For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you would hear His voice,… Cross References Philippians 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 2 Samuel 12:20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate. 2 Chronicles 6:13 Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. Psalm 96:9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth. Psalm 99:5 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. Psalm 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy. Psalm 100:3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Psalm 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King. Isaiah 17:7 In that day people will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. Hosea 8:14 Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses. Treasury of Scripture O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. O come Psalm 95:1 O come, let us sing to the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the … Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will … Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward … Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, … worship Psalm 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies … Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the … Matthew 4:9 And said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall … Mark 14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed … Acts 10:25,26 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his … Revelation 22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen… kneel 1 Kings 8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this … 2 Chronicles 6:13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long, and five … Ezra 9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having … Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his … Luke 22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stones cast, and kneeled … Acts 7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this … Acts 20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. Acts 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our … Ephesians 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, … 1 Corinthians 6:20 For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, … our Psalm 100:3 Know you that the LORD he is God: it is he that has made us, and … Job 35:10 But none said, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night; Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil … Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and … John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made … 1 Peter 4:19 Why let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the … Jump to Previous Bend Bow Falling Knee Kneel Knees Lets Maker Ourselves Worship Jump to Next Bend Bow Falling Knee Kneel Knees Lets Maker Ourselves Worship Links Psalm 95:6 NIV Psalm 95:6 NLT Psalm 95:6 ESV Psalm 95:6 NASB Psalm 95:6 KJV Psalm 95:6 Bible Apps Psalm 95:6 Bible Suite Psalm 95:6 Biblia Paralela Psalm 95:6 Chinese Bible Psalm 95:6 French Bible Psalm 95:6 German Bible Alphabetical: and before bow Come down in kneel let LORD Maker our the us worship OT Poetry: Psalm 95:6 Oh come lets worship and bow down (Psalm Ps Psa.)
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