V. 7.— Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice. Wherefore.— From the consideration of the privileges connected with keeping the faith, the Apostle delivers a very solemn exhortation, in a quotation from Psalms 95 : In order more powerfully to enforce it upon the minds of the Hebrews, he describes it as the saying of the Holy Ghost. We have here a conclusive proof of the plenary or verbal inspiration of the Scriptures. The words referred to are represented as spoken by the Holy Ghost, which exactly corresponds with what the Apostle says:—“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth.” 1 Corinthians 2:13. The Psalm referred to was written by David, Hebrews 4:7; but " the Spirit of the Lord spake by him, and his word was in his tongue." 2 Samuel 23:2. To this also our Lord testifies, in the question which He asked the Pharisees, how David called Messiah Lord. David might have spoken erroneously; but David, in or by the Spirit, called Him Lord. He is the Spirit of truth, and therefore must here, as on every other occasion, have spoken truth. The words of the Holy Ghost, to which the Apostle directs the attention of the Hebrews, are, "Today if ye will hear His voice." In the Psalm there is a reference to Israel's rebellion in the wilderness. The account of their journey is calculated to be very useful to those who profess the faith of Jesus, and is therefore repeatedly referred to in the New Testament. 1 Corinthians 10 : Jude, in foretelling the departure from the faith which should take place, puts those whom he addressed in remembrance "how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.” Jude 1:5. They are described as having tempted the Lord ten times, and not hearkened to His voice. Numbers 14:22. But, after they had got possession of the land, they are warned " today” to listen to the voice of God, which evidently implies that their entrance into Canaan did not supersede the necessity of the exhortation. We are taught that Israel’ s provocations and punishment are recorded for our admonition, on whom the ends of the world are come. 1 Corinthians 10:11.