Psalm 100
Make a Joyful Noise
1 A Psalm of thanksgiving.
Make a joyful noise to the LORD,
all the earth.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness;
come into His presence with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God.
It is He who made us, and we are His;
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving
and His courts with praise;
give thanks to Him and bless His name.
5 For the LORD is good,
and His loving devotion endures forever;
His faithfulness continues to all generations.
Przypisy
- 3 Or and not we ourselves
About this passage
Psalm 100 is a short psalm of five verses, headed in Hebrew as a psalm for giving thanks. It calls all the earth to make a joyful noise, serve the LORD with gladness and enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise.
Its reasons for praise are simple: the LORD is God, he made us and we are his people, the sheep of his pasture, and his love endures forever. It echoes the shepherd imagery of Psalm 23 in a communal voice.
The psalm is a staple of Jewish and Christian worship, often used as a call to worship. A metrical version, set to a tune called Old Hundredth, became one of the most familiar hymns in English-speaking churches. Scholars generally read it as a hymn for temple processions, though the author is unnamed.
- Thanksgiving
- Praise and worship
- God as creator
- Enduring love
Questions
What is the meaning of Psalm 100?
It is a call for everyone to worship God with joy, giving as reasons that God made his people and is good and faithful. It is a psalm of thanks and is often used at the start of worship.
Who wrote Psalm 100?
The heading says only that it is a psalm for giving thanks and does not name an author. Tradition has not firmly tied it to a particular person, and its date is uncertain.
What is Old Hundredth?
Old Hundredth is a well-known hymn tune from the sixteenth century associated with metrical versions of this psalm, such as All people that on earth do dwell. The name refers to the psalm's number.