For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
Parallel translations
- WEB 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!
- KJV 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,
- NKJV For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice:
- NASB For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice,
- NLT for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!
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Quick answer
He is our God and we are the sheep of His pasture; today, hear His voice. Belonging to God as His flock calls for immediate, attentive obedience.
Overview
The intimate image of God as shepherd and His people as sheep grounds the call to worship in covenant relationship. The urgent 'today' introduces a warning against unbelief that the rest of the psalm develops. Hebrews applies this 'today' to the gospel age, urging us to heed Christ the Good Shepherd's voice without delay (Hebrews 3:7-15; John 10:27).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 26
- Heb 4:7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
- Heb 3:15As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
- Rev 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
- Heb 3:7–11Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
- Ps 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- John 10:14–16I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- 1 Pet 2:25For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- Ps 74:1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- Ezek 34:30–31Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD.
- Ps 23:1A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Ps 79:13Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
- Exod 15:2The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Ps 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Isa 40:10–11Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.
- Heb 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- Ps 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
- Matt 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Matt 3:2–3and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Heb 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
- John 10:3–4The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- Jer 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Exod 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Ps 67:6The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- Prov 8:6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
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