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Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5 (3c)

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

May 7, 2028

The Christ Child as the Good Shepherd, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
The Christ Child as the Good Shepherd, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1660J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
A Spanish devotional picture of the child as shepherd, leaning on a lamb among broken columns, painted to be prayed in front of rather than admired.Know that the Lord is God; it is he that made us, and we are his, the sheep of his pasture.Bartolomé Esteban MurilloSeville's leading painter (1617-1682), known for a warm, soft handling that made his religious pictures the most copied in Spain for two centuries.J. Paul Getty Museum, Los AngelesFounded on an oil fortune and endowed well enough to buy against anyone, with European painting at the Getty Center above Los Angeles.J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Roman Lectionary
GospelJohn 10:27-30Jn 10:27-30
Second ReadingRev. 7:9, 14b-17Rev 7:9, 14b-17
First ReadingActs 13:14, 43-52
Responsorial PsalmPs. 100:1-2, 3, 5 (3c)Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 (3c)

Overview & Insights

“Know that the Lord is God… we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.” (Psalm 100:3)

An unusual feature of this hymn is that the first four verses are mostly imperative calls to praise (seven of them in vv. 1–4) and only the closing fifth verse provides the formal basis for this praise (with “for,” which normally begins a hymn’s introductory summary). This may imply we have only a fragment of a psalm or that Psalm 100 is complete but merely a portion of a larger liturgy. The congregation is summoned to worship and specifically to come before him and enter his temple (the Hb. verb bōʾû is used in both vv. 2 and 4) for the purpose of offering thanksgiving and praise (v. 4). We should perhaps imagine a liturgist or Levitical choir calling the congregation, who are outside the temple gates, to enter by a procession.

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Commentary

Psalm 100 CommentaryPs 100 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Guzik's notes on this short processional psalm of thanksgiving.

Psalms Commentaries & SermonsPs Commentaries & Sermons Precept Austin

Precept Austin's Psalms hub links out to dozens of commentaries covering Psalm 100.

Psalm 100:1 CommentariesPs 100:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Gathers classic commentators on this call to joyful worship.

Background & Word Study

Psalms 100Ps 100 Sefaria

Gives the Hebrew text of the psalm alongside an English translation.

The Church Fathers

Psalm 100Ps 100 Catena

Collects patristic and historic Christian readings of this thanksgiving psalm.

Questions preachers ask

What is Psalm 100?

A short psalm of exuberant thanksgiving, “make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth,” calling the nations to worship the God whose love endures forever, fitting for the reign of Christ.

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