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Time after Pentecost · Proper 13 · Year C

Psalm 100

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

August 6, 2028

Landscape with Sheep, Charles-Emile Jacque
Landscape with Sheep, Charles-Emile Jacque, c. 1860Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
A flock spread out over open pasture under a wide pale sky, the shepherd a small figure away to the left.He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters.Charles-Emile JacqueJacque, of the Barbizon painters, who painted sheep so often that his name became shorthand for them.Clark Art Institute, WilliamstownThe Clark Art Institute in Williamstown.Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 12:13-21Lk 12:13-21
EpistleCol. 3:1-11Col 3:1-11
Old TestamentEccl. 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-26Eccl 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-26
PsalterPs. 100Ps 100

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 Commentary: Enter His Gates with ThanksgivingPs 100 Commentary: Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving Enduring Word · David Guzik

Covers the psalm's call to joyful worship verse by verse.

Psalm 100:1 CommentariesPs 100:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentary on the call to make a joyful noise.

Psalm 100 interlinearPs 100 interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew text and parsing for the psalm's call to worship.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 100 in Hebrew and EnglishPs 100 in Hebrew and English Sefaria

Full Hebrew text alongside translation for the psalm.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Psalm 100Catena on Ps 100 Catena

Patristic reading of all the earth being called to worship the Lord.

Art & Music

Art, music and hymns for Psalm 100Art, music and hymns for Ps 100 Vanderbilt

The Vanderbilt Divinity Library index of visual art, hymns and music chosen for this reading.

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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