“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!”
— WEB
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“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!”
— WEB
“For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,”
— KJV
“For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!”
— ASV
The latter part of this psalm, which begins in the middle of a verse, is an exhortation to those who sing gospel psalms to live gospel lives, and to hear the voice of God's word; otherwise, how can they expect that he should hear the voice of their prayers and praises? Observe, I. The duty required of all those that are the people of Christ's pasture and the sheep of his hand. He expects that they hear his voice, for he has said, My sheep hear my voice, Joh 10:27. We are his people, say they. Are you so? Then hear his voice. If you call him Master, or Lord, then do the things which he says, and be his willing obedient people. Hear the voice of his doctrine, of his law, and, in both, of his Spirit; hear and heed; hear and yield. Hear his voice, and not the voice of a stranger. If you will hear his voice; some take it as a wish, O that you would hear his voice! that you would be so wise, and do so well for yourselves; like that, If thou hadst known (Luk 19:42), that is, O that thou hadst known! Christ's voice must be heard today; this the apostle lays much stress upon, applying it to the gospel day.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)
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