Psa 95:9-11 | NET2full | STEP | where your ancestors challenged my authority and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work .

‏ Psalms 95:9-11

9 where your ancestors challenged my authority ^{▼▼tn Heb “where your fathers tested me.”}
and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.
10 For 40 years I was continually disgusted ^{▼▼tn The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite or an imperfect. If the latter, it emphasizes the ongoing nature of the condition in the past. The translation reflects this interpretation of the verbal form.} with that generation,
and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; ^{▼▼tn Heb “a people, wanderers of heart [are] they.”}
they do not obey my commands.’ ^{▼▼tn Heb “and they do not know my ways.” In this context the Lord’s “ways” are his commands, viewed as a pathway from which his people, likened to wayward sheep (see v. 7), wander.}
11 So I made a vow in my anger,
‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’” ^{▼▼tn Heb “my resting place.” The promised land of Canaan is here viewed metaphorically as a place of rest for God’s people, who are compared to sheep (see v. 7).}