Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 7. For he is our God ] Here is the reason for this service. He has condescended to enter into a covenant with us, and he has taken us for his own; therefore: - We are the people of his pasture- Or, rather, as the Chaldee, Syriac, Vulgate, and AEthiopic read, "We are his people, and the sheep of the pasture of his hand." We are his own; he feeds and governs us, and his powerful hand protects us.
To-day if ye will hear his voice ] To-day-you have no time to lose; to-morrow may be too late. God calls to-day; to-morrow he may be silent.
This should commence the eighth verse, as it begins what is supposed to be the part of the priest or prophet who now exhorts the people; as if he had said: Seeing you are in so good a spirit, do not forget your own resolutions, and harden not your hearts, "as your fathers did in Meribah and Massah, in the wilderness;" the same fact and the same names as are mentioned Exod. xvii. 7; when the people murmured at Rephidim, because they had no water; hence it was called Meribah, contention or provocation, and Massah, temptation.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-11 - Christ calls upon his people to hear his voice. You call him Master, or Lord; then be his willing, obedient people. Hear the voice of his doctrine, of his law, and in both, of his Spirit: hear and heed; hea and yield. Christ's voice must be heard to-day. This day of opportunit will not last always; improve it while it is called to-day. Hearing the voice of Christ is the same with believing. Hardness of heart is at the bottom of all distrust of the Lord. The sins of others ought to be warnings to us not to tread in their steps. The murmurings of Israe were written for our admonition. God is not subject to such passions a we are; but he is very angry at sin and sinners. That certainly is evil, which deserves such a recompence; and his threatenings are a sure as his promises. Let us be aware of the evils of our hearts, whic lead us to wander from the Lord. There is a rest ordained for believers, the rest of everlasting refreshment, begun in this life, an perfected in the life to come. This is the rest which God calls his rest _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew כי3588 הוא1931 אלהינו430 ואנחנו587 עם5971 מרעיתו4830 וצאן6629 ידו3027 היום3117 אם518 בקלו6963 תשׁמעו׃8085
