Psalms

Psalm 100

An exhortation to serve God joyfully as our creator and preserver, and to praise him for his goodness, mercy, and truth.


0A Psalm of 1praise.

1Or, thanksgiving. Ps. 145, title.

1MAKE a ajoyful noise unto the LORD, 2all ye lands.

2Heb. all the earth.

a Ps. 47.1; 66.1,4; 95.1; 117.1. Is. 24.15,16; 42.10-12. De. 32.43. Ro. 15.10. Phi. 4.4.

2Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3bKnow ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath cmade us, 3and not we ourselves; dwe are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

3Or, and his we are.

b 1Ch. 28.9. Ps. 46.10. Jn. 1.14. 1Jn. 5.20. c Ps. 119.73; 139.13-16; 149.2. Ep. 2.10. d Is. 63.19. Eze. 34.11,30,31. Ps. 95.6,7. Ex. 19.5,6. 1Pe. 2.9,25. Jn. 10.1-29. 2Ch. 30.8.

4eEnter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

e Ps. 65.1; 66.13; 116.14,17-19; 95.2; 105.1,5; 106.1,47; 107.1,8,15,21,31; 135; 136. Is. 35.10.

5For the LORD is good; fhis mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth 4to all generations.

4Heb. to generation and generation. Ps. 89.1.

f Ps. 103.17; 136.1-26; 85.10; 119.89; 146.6-10. De. 32.4.