Psalms 95:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Come! Let’s bow down and worship! Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Creator!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֹּ֭אוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֣ה וְנִכְרָ֑עָה נִ֝בְרְכָ֗ה לִֽפְנֵי־יְהוָ֥ה עֹשֵֽׂנוּ

Transliteration

bōʾû ništaḥăweh and-nikrāʿâ nibrĕkâ before-YHWH ʿōśēnû

Grammar Details

• *bōʾû*: imperative, masculine plural, qal - come
• *ništaḥăweh*: imperfect, 1st person plural, hishtaphel - let us worship/bow down
• *nikrāʿâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, qal - let us kneel
• *nibrĕkâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, qal - let us bless/kneel
• *YHWH*: proper name with prefixed compound preposition lipnê - before YHWH
• *ʿōśēnû*: masculine singular participle, qal with 1st person plural suffix - our maker

Word Meanings

• *bōʾû*: come/enter/go
• *ništaḥăweh*: worship/bow down/prostrate
• *nikrāʿâ*: kneel/bow down
• *nibrĕkâ*: bless/kneel/praise
• *ʿōśēnû*: our maker/our creator

Referenced Verses

• Ps 100:3 : 3 Acknowledge that the LORD is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
• 2 Chr 6:13 : 13 Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet long, seven and one-half feet wide, and four and one-half feet high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky,
• Dan 6:10 : 10 When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
• Phil 2:10 : 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth–
• Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
• Ps 95:1 : 1 Come! Let’s sing for joy to the LORD! Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!
• Eph 3:14 : 14 Prayer for Strengthened Love For this reason I kneel before the Father,
• Ps 149:2 : 2 Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their King!
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;
• Isa 17:7 : 7 At that time men will trust in their Creator; they will depend on the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For your husband is the one who made you– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called“God of the entire earth.”
• Ezra 9:5 : 5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the LORD my God.
• Job 35:10 : 10 But no one says,‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,
• Ps 72:9 : 9 Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.
• Hos 6:1 : 1 Superficial Repentance Breeds False Assurance of God’s Forgiveness“Come on! Let’s return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
• Hos 8:14 : 14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels.
• Matt 4:2 : 2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.
• Matt 4:9 : 9 And he said to him,“I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”
• Mark 14:35 : 35 Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.
• Luke 22:41 : 41 He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,
• John 1:3 : 3 All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
• Acts 7:60 : 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
• Acts 10:25-26 : 25 So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him. 26 But Peter helped him up, saying,“Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”
• Acts 20:36 : 36 When he had said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed.
• Acts 21:5 : 5 When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,
• 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
• 1 Kgs 8:54 : 54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the LORD, he got up from before the altar of the LORD where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.
• Rev 22:8 : 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw them, I threw myself down to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say,“Come!” And let the one who hears say:“Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.