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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 95 This psalm, though without a title, was written by David, as appears from Hebrews 4:7, and to him the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions ascribe it. It belongs to the times of the Messiah, as Kimchi observes; the apostle applies it to the Jews of his time, and bespeaks them in the language of it, Hebrews 3:7, and in which time Israelites,...
John Gill
In his hand are the deep places of the earth,.... The "penetrals" (c) of it; not only what are penetrated by men, the minerals that are in it; but what are of such deep recess as to be penetrated only by the Lord himself; these are in the hands and power of Christ, which he can search into, discover, and dispose of; these are the foundations of the earth, which cannot be searched out beneath by...
Matthew Henry
For the expounding of this psalm we may borrow a great deal of light from the apostle's discourse, Heb. iii. and iv., where it appears both to have been penned by David and to have been calculated for the days of the Messiah; for it is there said expressly (Heb. iv. 7) that the day here spoken of (ver. 7) is to be understood of the gospel day, in which God speaks to us by his Son in a voice which...
Charles H. Spurgeon
In his hand are the deep places of the earth: The innermost caverns, the deepest mines of earth, and the far-down places in the depths of the ocean, these are all in God’s hand. Psa_95:4. The strength of the hills is his also. He is the God of the hills as well as the God of the valleys. Let us read this verse again. “In his hand are the deep places of the earth.” Are any of you there today? Then...
Charles H. Spurgeon
In his hand are the deep place of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. Low and high, mysterious, sublime, the dominion of God encompasseth all nature.