psalm 94 (95)

This hymn of adoration to God was an introduction to the Sabbath liturgy of the Synagogue. The Church has placed it at the beginning of each day's divine office.

Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us. Let us approach him with praise and thanksgiving and sing joyful songs to the Lord.

The Lord is God, the mighty God, the great king over all the gods. He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the highest mountains as well. He made the sea; it belongs to him, the dry land, too, for it was formed by his hands.

Come, then, let us bow down and worship, bending the knee before the Lord, our maker. For he is our God and we are his people, the flock he shepherds.

Today, listen to the voice of the Lord: Do not grow stubborn, as your fathers did in the wilderness, when at Meriba and Massah they challenged me and provoked me, Although they had seen all of my works.

Forty years I endured that generation. I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray and they do not know my ways.”

So I swore in my anger, “They shall not enter into my rest.” Glory be . . .