Psalms 95:1

“O come, let us sing unto the Lord, etc.] To Jehovah the Messiah, the Lord our righteousness; setting forth, in songs of praise, the glory of his person, the riches of his grace, and our thankfulness to him for spiritual mercies by him: Christ is to be the subject of our spiritual songs, and is the person to whose honour and glory they should be directed: in the New Testament we are instructed to sing unto the Lord, the Lord Christ, (<490519>Ephesians 5:19 <510316>Colossians 3:16), and this is what Pliny f1354 tells Trajan, the Roman emperor, the Christians in his time did; they sung a hymn to Christ, as to a God: let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation; to Christ, the Rock,…”

“The substance of this Psalm, and portions of the ninety-seventh, ninety-eighth, and hundredth, are found in 1Ch. 16:7-36, which was used by David's directions in the dedication of the tabernacle on Mount Zion. The dispensation of the Messiah was typified by that event, involving, as it did, a more permanent seat of worship, and the introduction of additional and more spiritual services. Hence the language of these Psalms may be regarded as having a higher import than that pertinent to the occasion on which it was thus publicly used. (Psa 96:1-13) All nations are invited to unite in this most joyful praise. new song--literally, "fresh," or new mercies (Psa 33:3; Psa 40:3).”

“O come, let us sing unto the Lord - The word here rendered come, means properly “go;” but it is used here, as it often is, as a formula of invitation, in calling on others to share in what is done by the speaker. It is here to be understood as used by one portion of an assembly convened for worship addressing the other portion, and calling on them to unite in the praise of God. Let us make a joyful noise - The word used here means commonly to make a loud noise, to shout, Job 30:5. It is especially used (a) of warlike shouts, Jos 6:16; 1 Samuel 17:20; (b) of the shout of triumph, Judges 15:14; (c) of the sound or clangor of a trumpet, Numbers 10:9; Joel 2:1. It may thus be used to denote any…”

“Ps 95 This call to worship urges the people to respond to the Lord, the Shepherd, and to follow him faithfully. The previous generation, who refused to obey, did not receive the blessings of the Promised Land.”

“Come: Psa 34:3, Psa 66:8, Psa 107:8, Psa 107:15, Psa 107:21, Psa 117:1, Psa 118:1, Psa 136:1-3, Psa 148:11-13, Psa 150:6 sing: Psa 47:6, Psa 47:7, Psa 66:1, Psa 66:2, Psa 81:1, Psa 96:1, Psa 96:2, Psa 101:1; Exo 15:1, Exo 15:21; Ch1 16:9; Eph 5:19; Col 3:16; Rev 5:9, Rev 14:3, Rev 15:3 let us make: Psa 66:1, Psa 98:4-8, Psa 100:1; Ezr 3:11-13; Isa 12:4-6; Jer 33:11; Mat 21:9; Rev 19:6 the rock: Psa 89:26; Deu 32:15; Sa2 22:47; Co1 10:4 Psalms 95:2”

“Jahve is called the Rock of our salvation (as in Psa 89:27, cf. Psa 94:22) as being its firm and sure ground. Visiting the house of God, one comes before God's face; קדּם פּני, praeoccupare faciem, is equivalent to visere (visitare). תּודה is not confessio peccati, but laudis. The Beth before תודה is the Beth of accompaniment, as in Mic 6:6; that before זמרות (according to Sa2 23:1 a name for psalms, whilst מזמר can only be used as a technical expression) is the Beth of the medium. Psalms 95:3”