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Psalm 95:7
for 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!
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,
9when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
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The sheep belong to God and live in his care, yet the word “Today” gives their listening an urgency that belonging does not remove.
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Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.Both passages give responding to God a sense of urgency: hear his voice today, and seek him while he is near.
John 10:9I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.Pasture appears in both passages: God's people belong to his pasture, and Jesus promises pasture to those who enter through him.
Hebrews 4:7he again defines a certain day, “today”, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden …Hebrews quotes the psalm's appeal to hear God's voice today, along with the warning against hardened hearts.
Hebrews 3:15while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”Hebrews repeats the psalm's appeal to hear God's voice today and its warning against hardening the heart in rebellion.
Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with me.Both passages speak of hearing a voice: God's voice in the psalm, and Jesus' voice at the door in Revelation.
John 10:14–16I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;The psalm describes sheep belonging to God and receiving his care; Jesus describes himself as the good shepherd who knows his own.
Hebrews 3:7–11Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,Hebrews quotes the psalm's appeal to hear God's voice today and attributes these words to the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.Both psalms declare that God belongs to his people in a shared relationship, describing his care through tending or guidance.
1 Peter 2:25For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.Both passages describe people as sheep under divine care; Peter speaks of their return to the Shepherd and Overseer.
Psalm 74:1A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?Both call God's people the sheep of his pasture, though Psalm 74 uses that bond in a lament over rejection and anger.
Psalm 79:13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.Both describe God's people as sheep of his pasture; Psalm 79 joins that shared identity to thanks and praise.
John 10:7Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.Both use sheep imagery: the psalm describes God's people as sheep in his care, while Jesus identifies himself as the sheep's door.
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God's care and his claim on his people belong together here. The one whose voice they must hear is the God who tends them.
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