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Psalm 95:6
Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Maker,
4In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his.
5The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
6Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Maker,
7for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
8Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
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Bowing and kneeling make worship a bodily act of humility before YHWH, whose name here, “our Maker,” reaches into the origin of your life.
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Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,Both passages describe bowed knees: the psalm urges kneeling before the LORD, and Philippians names every knee bowing at Jesus’ name.
Psalm 100:3Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Both psalms name the LORD as the one who made his people, grounding their worship in their relationship to him.
Psalm 95:1Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!Both verses begin with “Oh come,” gathering people to worship the LORD through singing in one and bowing in the other.
Ephesians 3:14For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,Kneeling before the LORD in the psalm shares the posture of bowed knees before the Father in Ephesians.
Daniel 6:10When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three …Daniel’s habit of kneeling before his God puts into practice the bodily posture urged in the psalm.
1 Corinthians 6:20for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.The psalm’s bowing and kneeling express bodily worship, while Corinthians commands believers to glorify God in their bodies.
Isaiah 54:5For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.Both passages identify the LORD as Maker, naming his relationship to the people addressed.
Psalm 45:11So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.Both passages urge honor toward one named as lord, though Psalm 95 addresses the LORD and Psalm 45 addresses a king.
2 Chronicles 6:13(for Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court; and he stood on …Solomon kneels before Israel’s assembly, sharing the posture that Psalm 95 urges upon those gathered for worship.
Matthew 2:11They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him …Bowing down accompanies worship in both passages: before the LORD in the psalm and before the young child in Matthew.
Revelation 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,Both passages join worship with lowering the body, as the elders fall down before the one seated on the throne.
1 Peter 4:19Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.Both passages name God as the source of life: the psalm worships the Maker, and Peter urges trust in the faithful Creator.
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YHWH before whom you bow made the sea and formed the dry land. Your life belongs within his creation; he is your Maker too.
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