Psa 95:9-11 | NETfull | 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, ^{▼▼ Heb “where your fathers tested me.”}
and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.
10 For forty years I was continually disgusted ^{▼▼ 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; ^{▼▼ Heb “a people, wanderers of heart [are] they.”}
they do not obey my commands.’ ^{▼▼ 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.’” ^{▼▼ 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).}

Psalm 96

^{▼▼ Psalm 96. The psalmist summons everyone to praise the Lord, the sovereign creator of the world who preserves and promotes justice in the earth.}