Read Psalm 95 through 100 at Bible Gateway.
I am not wise enough to see the single chiastic structure formed by Psa 95 if there is one. But look at this interesting pairing:
1a) Psa 95:1-7a, Let us sing to the LORD, for He is the great Creator of all:
1) Psa 95:1-2, Let us sing + shout joyfully to the LORD/ Come before His presence with thanksgiving:
1 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation;
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms;
2) Psa 95:3-7, The LORD is the great Creator of all, therefore we worship Him:
3 For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods;
4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also;
5 The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land;
6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
7a For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. {n}
1b) Psa 95:7b-11, Man is to listen to the LORD’s voice when He speaks, with a soft heart in order to obey Him:
7b Today, if you will hear His voice;
8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness;
9 When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work;
10a For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts; {n}
10b And they do not know My ways;’
11 So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’” {p}
2b) Psa 99:5-9, The LORD listens to our voice when we call upon Him, in order to help us:
1a) Psa 99:5, Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His footstool— He is holy;
1b) Psa 99:6a, Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called upon His name; {n}
1c) Psa 99:6b, They called upon the Lord, and He answered them;
central axis) Psa 99:7, He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; They kept His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them;
2c) Psa 99:8a, You answered them, O Lord our God; {n}
2b) Psa 99:8b, You were to them God-Who-Forgives, Though You took vengeance on their deeds;
2a) Psa 99:9, Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His holy hill; {n} For the Lord our God is holy. {p}
1a) Psa 100:1-5, Make a joyful shout to the LORD, for He is the God who has made us:
1a) Psa 100:1, Make a joyful shout to the LORD all the earth;
1b) Psa 100:2a, Serve the LORD with gladness;
1c) Psa 100:2b, Come before His presence with singing;
central axis) Psa 100:3, “Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture;”
2c) Psa 100:4a, Enter into His gates with thanksgiving;
2b) Psa 100:4b, Be thankful to Him and bless His name;
2a) Psa 100:5, For the LORD is good + His mercy and truth is everlasting.
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