Family Corner
June 2017
Years 1-10 Years 11-15 Psalm 95
Psalm 95:1-7 Psalm 130 Known by the Latin name Venite
(Latin for “O Come”), this Psalm has
been widely used in Christian worship.
It has two distinct parts:
Based on the Book of Psalms, 1871
and The Psalter, 1912
Verses 1–7
1
O come and to Jehovah sing;
Let us our voices raise;
In joyful songs let us the Rock
Of our salvation praise.
2
Before His presence let us come
With praise and thankful voice;
Let us sing psalms to Him with grace;
With shouts let us rejoice.
3 The Lord’s a mighty God and King;
Above all gods He is.
4 The depths of earth are in His hand;
The mountain peaks are His.
5
To Him the spacious sea belongs;
’Twas made by His command;
And by the working of His hands
He formed the rising land.
6
O come and let us worship Him;
Let us with one accord
In presence of our Maker kneel,
And bow before the Lord.
7
Because He only is our God,
And we His chosen sheep,
The people of His pasturage,
Whom His own hand will keep.
1 Lord, from the depths to Thee
I cried.
2 My Lord, give ear to me.
O hear my voice and hearken to
My supplicating plea.
3 Lord, who shall stand if Thou,
my Lord,
Shouldst mark iniquity?
4 But yet with Thee forgiveness is,
That men may rev’rence Thee.
5 I wait, my soul awaits the Lord;
My hope is in His word.
6 More than the watchmen wait
for morn
My soul waits for my Lord.
7
8
O Is-ra-el, hope in the Lord;
The Lord saves graciously.
And He shall Is-ra-el redeem
From all iniquity.
TUNE: MARTYRDOM CM (90A)
(“Alas and Did My Savior Bleed”)
Based on Scottish Psalter, 1650
TUNE: IRISH CM
Irish melody;
A Collection of Hymns
and Sacred Poems, 1749
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verses 1-7a
a call to worship
verses 7b-11
a call to “hear
(God’s) voice”
in worship
It reminds us that to “hear His voice”
is a central element of true worship.
Hebrews 3:7-4:13 applies verses 7b-11
of this Psalm extensively, reminding
us that “Today” is ever present (v
7b), and that His “rest” is not merely
Canaan, but salvation (v 11 cf Num
14:21, 28-30 and the exclusion of the
wilderness generation).
Psalm 130
The pilgrim is not exempt from
despair. His experience includes the
“depths,” his response is to cry to the
Lord for mercy (vv 1, 2). Behind his
despair is the sin that is its occasion
(v 3), and yet the confidence that
there is forgiveness, real forgiveness,
for the asking. “That you may be
feared” indicates a right relationship
with God, one in which one fears
offending one whom one loves. Yet he
“waits” (vv 5, 6). For what? For the
Lord to deliver him from the depths,
in which He might be pleased to have
him remain for a time. He is eager for
rescue like the night watchman who
is “off duty” when morning comes.
What is true of the individual is true
of the covenant people collectively.
We have hope of better days because
of God’s love and redemptive work,
redeeming and saving us in Christ
Jesus.
IPC