Psalms 95:8

He says, ¹  “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, ²  like they were that day at Massah ³  in the wilderness, ⁴ 

do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert,

Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

The LORD says, "Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness.

"Don't turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising, As on the day of the Wilderness Test,

Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;

Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

"Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

He says, ¹  “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, ²  like they were that day at Massah ³  in the wilderness, ⁴ 

¹ tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the following words are spoken by the Lord (see vv. 9-11).

² sn The name Meribah means “strife.” Two separate but similar incidents at Meribah are recorded in the Pentateuch (Exod 17:1-7; Num 20:1-13, see also Pss 81:7; 106:32). In both cases the Israelites complained about lack of water and the Lord miraculously provided for them.

³ sn The name Massah means “testing.” This was another name (along with Meribah) given to the place where Israel complained following the Red Sea Crossing (see Exod 17:1-7, as well as Deut 6:16; 9:22; 33:8).

⁴ tn Heb “do not harden your heart[s] as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness.”