Chapter 100

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Know that the LORD he is God: we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, for the LORD is good and his mercy is everlasting.

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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

It is with good reason that many sing this psalm very frequently in their religious assemblies, for it is very proper both to express and to excite pious and devout affections towards God in our approach to him in holy ordinances; and, if our hearts go along with the words, we shall make melody in it to the Lord. The Jews say it was penned to be sung with their thank-offerings; perhaps it was; but…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

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Psa 100:1-5. As closing this series (see on Psa 93:1), this Psalm is a general call on all the earth to render exalted praise to God, the creator, preserver, and benefactor of men. 1-2. With thankful praise, unite service as the subjects of a king (Psa 2:11, 12).