Hebrews 4:7

4:7 So God ¹  again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David ²  after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, ³  “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! ⁴  Do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 10:16

10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put ⁵  my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” ⁶ 

Hebrews 10:22

10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, ⁷  because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience ⁸  and our bodies washed in pure water.

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¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn Ps 95 does not mention David either in the text or the superscription. It is possible that the writer of Hebrews is attributing the entire collection of psalms to David (although some psalms are specifically attributed to other individuals or groups).

³ tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).

⁴ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

⁵ tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

⁶ sn A quotation from Jer 31:33.

⁷ tn Grk “in assurance of faith.”

⁸ sn The phrase our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience combines the OT imagery of the sprinkling with blood to give ritual purity with the emphasis on the interior cleansing provided by the new covenant: It is the heart that is cleansed and the conscience made perfect (cf. Heb 8:10; 9:9, 14; 10:2, 16).