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Psalm 95 in Hebrew and English

11 verses, about 1 minute to read aloud. The Hebrew has its vowel points and the English stands under each verse.

The text of the psalm

לְכוּ נְרַנְּנָה לַיהוָה נָרִיעָה לְצוּר יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ׃

O come, let us sing unto the LORD; Let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

נְקַדְּמָה פָנָיו בְּתוֹדָה בִּזְמִרוֹת נָרִיעַ לֽוֹ׃

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout for joy unto Him with psalms.

כִּי אֵל גָּדוֹל יְהוָה וּמֶלֶךְ גָּדוֹל עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods;

אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ מֶחְקְרֵי־אָרֶץ וְתוֹעֲפוֹת הָרִים לֽוֹ׃

In whose hand are the depths of the earth; The heights of the mountains are His also.

אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ הַיָּם וְהוּא עָשָׂהוּ וְיַבֶּשֶׁת יָדָיו יָצָֽרוּ׃

The sea is His, and He made it; And His hands formed the dry land.

בֹּאוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְנִכְרָעָה נִבְרְכָה לִפְנֵי־יְהוָה עֹשֵֽׂנוּ׃

O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;

כִּי הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ עַם מַרְעִיתוֹ וְצֹאן יָדוֹ הַיּוֹם אִם־בְּקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָֽעוּ׃

For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, and the flock of His hand. To-day, if ye would but hearken to His voice!

אַל־תַּקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָה כְּיוֹם מַסָּה בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

אֲשֶׁר נִסּוּנִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם בְּחָנוּנִי גַּם־רָאוּ פָעֳלִֽי׃

When your fathers tried Me, Proved Me, even though they saw My work.

אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה אָקוּט בְּדוֹר וָאֹמַר עַם תֹּעֵי לֵבָב הֵם וְהֵם לֹא־יָדְעוּ דְרָכָֽי׃

For forty years was I wearied with that generation, And said: It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known My ways;

אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בְאַפִּי אִם־יְבֹאוּן אֶל־מְנוּחָתִֽי׃

Wherefore I swore in My wrath, That they should not enter into My rest.'

The Hebrew is the Leningrad Codex, compared with a second edition letter by letter. The English is the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, in the public domain.

Where this psalm is read

  • The fourth of the five books of Psalms
  • Read in the monthly cycle on day 19 of the Hebrew month
  • Read in the weekly cycle on Thursday
  • Part of the psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat
  • 11 verses, 89 words, about 1 minute to read

Psalms that are read with this one

All 150 psalms and today's reading·Prayers by the time they are said

Questions about this psalm

How many verses does Psalm 95 have?

Psalm 95 has 11 verses and 89 words.

On which day is Psalm 95 read in the monthly and weekly cycles?

In the monthly cycle it is read on day 19 of the Hebrew month, and in the weekly cycle on Thursday.

Whose name is in the heading of Psalm 95?

Psalm 95 has no heading in the Hebrew text. It opens straight into its first verse.

How long does it take to read Psalm 95?

About 1 minute, at a steady pace.