Sing to our Papa
Invitation to sing and kneel down wey turn sharp-sharp into warning. Since na we Papa make us and we be im flock, di voice of today matter: no harden una heart like for Meribah, where one whole generation lose di rest wey bin dey wait for dem.
95 1Come, make we sing for joy to our Papa; make we shout loud to di Rock of our salvation. 2Make we come before am with thanksgiving; make we shout to am with joy with songs of praise. 3Because our Papa na great King wey pass all di gods. 4For im hand na di deep-deep places of di earth dey, and di high-high mountain tops na im own. 5Di sea na im own, because na im make am, and im hands form di dry land.
6Come, make we worship and bow down; make we kneel down before our Papa, di One wey make us. 7Because na im be our Papa, and we na di people of im pasture, di flock wey dey under im hand. Today, if una go hear im voice, 8no make una heart hard like as una do for Meribah, like for di day for Massah for di wilderness, a a v8 Meribah and Massah: places for di Sinai wilderness where Israel demand for water and test God (Exodus 17:1–7).
9for where una grandpapa dem test me; dem try me, even though dem don see my work. 10For forty years I grieve over dat generation, and I talk say, “Dem na people wey dia heart dey go astray, and dem never know my ways.” 11So I swear for my anger, “Dem no go ever enter my rest.” b b v11 Di book of Hebrews take up dis warning and show say di rest wey our Papa dey offer dey found fully for Jesus — a rest from struggle, wey person dey enter by faith and never by hard heart.
