Pentecost Season · Thanksgiving Day Canada · Year C
Psalm 100
Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord
November 23, 2028
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 on Psalm 100 Working Preacher
Traces the psalm's procession of praise from the fields to the temple gates.
Psalm 100 Commentary: A Psalm of Thanksgiving for All Lands Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the call to joyful worship.
Psalm 100 StudyLight
Constable's expository notes on the psalm's structure and its call to thanksgiving.
Psalm 100:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew interlinear text for the opening call to make a joyful noise.
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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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