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Psalm 95:1

Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!

1Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
3For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
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The shout to the rock of salvation joins gladness with trust, making praise something people voice together to the God who saves.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 95:6Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Maker,Both verses summon people to worship the LORD together, with singing and shouting here and bowing and kneeling there.
1 Corinthians 10:4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.Both passages use rock imagery: the psalm names the LORD as salvation’s rock, while Paul identifies the spiritual rock as Christ.
Psalm 81:1For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph. Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!Both verses urge singing aloud and shouting to God, naming him as the source of strength or salvation.
2 Samuel 22:47The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,Both passages praise the LORD as the rock of salvation, joining worship to his saving strength.
Psalm 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!Both verses summon praise to the LORD; Psalm 150 extends that summons to everything that has breath.
Psalm 96:1–2Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.Both verses urge people to sing to the LORD, with Psalm 96 addressing all the earth.
1 Chronicles 16:9Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works.Both passages urge singing to God; Chronicles also directs singers to tell of his marvelous works.
Exodus 15:21Miriam answered them, “Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”Both passages link singing to the LORD with salvation; Miriam names his triumph over horse and rider.
Revelation 15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and …Both passages direct song to God in praise, naming his salvation in the psalm and his works and ways in Revelation.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in …Both passages describe singing to the Lord among his people; Colossians also connects songs with teaching and admonishing one another.
1 Peter 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,The shared thread is rejoicing: the psalm expresses it through song and shouting, while Peter describes rejoicing amid grief.
Ephesians 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Both passages connect singing to the Lord with other people, giving praise a shared expression.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude.

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Encouragement

Your praise has a firm foundation in the God it addresses. The singing and shouting turn toward YHWH, whose saving strength is pictured as rock.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).