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Psalm 100

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

November 23, 2028

Shepherdess with her Flock, Jean-François Millet
Shepherdess with her Flock, Jean-François Millet, c. 1863Musée d’Orsay, Paris
A girl in a red cape knitting while her sheep graze behind her at dusk. It was the hit of the 1864 Salon, and made Millet's name after years of hostility.Micah's ruler from Bethlehem will feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, and Psalm 100 calls us the sheep of his pasture; this is what that work actually looks like.Jean-François MilletA founder of the Barbizon school (1814-1875), who painted peasant labour at a scale previously reserved for history painting and was attacked as a political radical for it.Musée d’Orsay, ParisThe Musée d’Orsay in Paris.Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelJohn 6:25-35Jn 6:25-35
EpistlePhil. 4:4-9Phil 4:4-9
Old TestamentDeut. 26:1-11Dt 26:1-11
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

Commentary on Psalm 100Commentary on Ps 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 LandsPs 100 Commentary: A Ps of Thanksgiving for All Lands Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the call to joyful worship.

Psalm 100Ps 100 StudyLight

Constable's expository notes on the psalm's structure and its call to thanksgiving.

Psalm 100:1 InterlinearPs 100:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew interlinear text for the opening call to make a joyful noise.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 100Ps 100 Sefaria

Hebrew-English text of the psalm with classical commentary links.

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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