Изъяснение псалма 95-го.

Song 25 “For David, when the house was never built after the captivity, it is not written in the Hebrews.” And this inscription was not made by blessed David and not by those who interpreted the prophecy at the beginning, but someone else, probably without deeply delving into the meaning of the psalm, added this inscription. The literal meaning of the psalm befits those who returned from Babylon and built the Divine Church; because in them the salvation of all people was represented. But the prophecy foretells both the first and second coming of our God and Savior, the future judgment, and the salvation already granted to the pagans. Ps.95:1. Sing a new song to the Lord; sing to the Lord, all the earth. “Sing a new song to the Lord.” With the new order of affairs, a new chant is also required. “Sing to the Lord, all the earth.” How is this appropriate for the Jews, who suffered attacks from all people? Those who saw their liberation did not rejoice, but on the contrary, they were upset and tried to suppress them with all kinds of disasters. The prophetic word calls the whole universe to rejoicing. Ps.95:2. Sing to the Lord, bless His name, preach His salvation from day to day. “Sing praises to the Lord, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day by day.” Tell each day about the good deed you have done. Then the Prophet shows whom to contact, telling about this. Ps.95:3. Proclaim His glory among the nations, His wonders among all nations. “Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all the people.” Let the whole human race enjoy such teaching and know the wonders of God. Ps.95:4. For the Lord is great and praiseworthy; He is terrible above all gods. “For the Lord is great and greatly praised: the gods are terrible above all.” The greatness of the Lord of all is indescribable; He showed His power against the false gods and exposed their deceit. This is what the Prophet makes visible in the addendum. Ps.95:5. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord created the heavens. “For all Gods have the tongue of the devil: Lord create the heavens.” The so-called gods turned out to be crafty demons, and our God showed that He is the Creator of heaven. Ps.95:6. Glory and majesty are before Him, power and splendor are in His sanctuary. “Confession and beauty are before Him: holiness and splendor are in His sanctuary”; because, having assumed human nature, and appearing to people in it, it emits the brilliance of His own splendor, and attracts everyone to worship. His Prophet called the church He had taken upon Himself “Holy,” and already mentioned beauty in the forty-fourth psalm; for he said: “Right in kindness than the sons of men” (Psalm 44:3). Ps.95:7. Give to the Lord, O tribes of nations, give to the Lord glory and honor. Ps.95:8. Give glory to the Lord to His name, bring gifts and go into His courts. Ps.95:9. Worship the Lord in the splendor of the sanctuary. Tremble before His face, all the earth! “Bring the language of the Fatherland to the Lord, bring glory and honor to the Lord.” “Bring glory to the Lord to His name.” Therefore, all people flock to the Lord who wants to save, and having given due honor to Him, but without seeing the Benefactor with your bodily eyes, lift up the hymn of His name. “Take the sacrifices and enter into His courts.” “Worship the Lord in His holy court.” The prophet means verbal sacrifices, which, as we see, are constantly offered and performed sacredly by the priests. And many courtyards mean churches. Moreover, the Prophet did not command this to the Jews, so that no one would mean the sacrifices under the law, but “the language of the fatherland,” which is offered in the churches by the sacrifices of the new covenant. God foretold this through another Prophet, speaking with the Jews: “My will is not in you, ... and I will not accept sacrifice at your hands. From the east of the sun to the west my name is made known among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and the sacrifice is pure” (Mal. 1:10-11). “Let all the earth move at His presence.” Aquila, as well as Symmachus, translated: the whole earth will hurt at His presence. And this is similar to what was said by the Prophet Isaiah: “For the sake of Thy fear, O Lord, I received in the womb, and was sick, and gave birth to the spirit of Thy salvation, which I created on earth” (Is. 26:18). Therefore, here too the prophetic word commands the pagans, who have received the seeds of salvation into themselves, to be ill and give birth to piety, and to move from the place of their first standing, to base themselves and establish themselves on the Divine laws. Ps.95:10. Tell the nations: The Lord reigns! Therefore the universe is solid and will not be shaken. He will judge the nations with justice. “Cry among the nations, for the Lord reigns: for fix the world, which cannot move.” Therefore preach the kingdom of the God of all, by which the universe, which had been given over to error, was changed, and from being tossed to and fro was made unshakable. This is how Symmachus translated: The Lord reigned and made the universe motionless. From this it is clear that the kingdom of God is eternal, but it was then revealed by a change in the order of affairs. “He judges people with righteousness.” for the Prophet showed that God is a king; then, by the way, he also mentions the court, proclaiming the rightness and justice of him. Ps.95:11. Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar and fill it. “Let the heavens rejoice and the earth rejoice.” Let all creation, says the Prophet, receive communication with people in joy, and let both heavenly and earthly things be filled with joy. For if the Angels rejoice over one repentant sinner, then, of course, they feel greater joy when all people change. “Let the sea and its fulfillment move.” And Theodotion and Symmachus translated it this way: the sea will give its voice with its fulfillment; because all human life, like the swell of the sea, will receive the voice of Divine preaching. The Prophet also predicts the former uprisings of the infidels against the preachers of truth, as we have shown in other psalms. Ps.95:12. Let the field and everything in it rejoice, and let all the oak trees rejoice. “The fields will rejoice, and all that is in them.” And Symmachus translated it like this: the village and everything in it will boast. The Lord, explaining the parable of the tares, called the world “village” (Matthew 13:38). Therefore, the Prophet says that everything will be filled with joy and pleasure. “Then all the trees of the grove will rejoice.” And Aquila translated: then all the oak trees will be praised. They will primarily offer hymns to God; because among them is that saving tree on which the Savior’s body was nailed, and from which benefits to people grow. Meanwhile, you should know that the prophetic word used personification; because the sky, and the earth, and the sea, and the fields, and the trees, do not have the gift of speech and are inanimate, but those who are in them offer up hymns to God. For in the midst of the sea there are islanders, on the land there are inhabitants of the solid earth, and in heaven there are angels; and those who see the oak forests free from the service of idols proclaim a song to God. So the Prophet, describing the descent of the sons of Israel from Egypt, again used personification: “Seeing the sea and running, the Jordan returned back: the mountains leaped like rams, and the hills like sheep lambs” (Psalm 113: 3-4). The prophet proposes a question and receives an answer, thereby expressing the complacency of the saved. Ps.95:13. Before the face of the Lord; for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world according to righteousness, and the nations according to His truth. “It is from the presence of the Lord that the judge of the earth is coming.” The Prophet repeated beautifully twice: “as it comes, as it comes”; because the first coming gave people the knowledge of God, and the second will distinguish between works. “He judges” 26 “the world in righteousness, and people in his truth.” Then, says the Prophet, then he will create righteous judgment, no longer leading with long-suffering, but examining the truth of affairs and pronouncing a right sentence on everyone.” According to glory. translation: “praise of the song”. In glory translation: "judge". You might be interested in: