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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 100:1-2

Psalms 100:1-2. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord Partly, with voices, and songs of rejoicings, and thanksgiving; and partly with musical instruments, as the manner then was; all ye lands That is, all the inhabitants of the earth. When all nations shall be discipled, and the gospel preached to every creature, then this summons will be fully obeyed. Serve the Lord with gladness Devote yourselves to, and employ yourselves in, his service. Come before his presence with singing In the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:1-5

Psalms 97-100 God the universal kingPsalms 97:0 follows on from the thought on which the previous psalm closed (namely, that God is king over the earth). It shows that holiness, righteousness and justice are the basis of God’s kingdom. His judgment will be as universal as a flash of lightning and as powerful as an all-consuming fire (97:1-5). Every thing will bow before his rule (6-7). His own people already recognize him as Lord and bring him fitting worship (8-9). They can experience the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 100:2

the LORD = Jehovah's self. Hebrew. Jehovah. with eth . presence. See note on Psalms 95:2 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 100:2

"Serve Jehovah with gladness:Come before his presence with singing.Know ye that Jehovah, he is God:It is he that hath made us, and we are his;We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.""No more appropriate words for the call to worship were ever written. An alternative reading for "and we are his" (Psalms 100:2), is, "and not we ourselves." This meaning is reflected in the second line of the second stanza of Kethe's poem, "Without our aid he did us make." The thought is accurate, whether... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 100:1-2

All people should shout praises to the Lord joyfully. We should willingly serve Him with happy hearts. We should sing out with joy to honor Him. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 100:1-5

Psalms 100An unknown writer invited God’s people to approach the Lord with joy in this well-known psalm. We can serve Him gladly because He is the Creator, and we can worship Him thankfully because He is good and faithful."Known as the Jubilate (’O be joyful’), it is a psalm much used in liturgical worship; but William Kethe’s fine paraphrase, ’All people that on earth do dwell’, has even wider currency wherever English is spoken. Finer still, but somewhat freer, is Isaac Watts’ version,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 100:1-5

This famous Ps. (the ’Jubilate,’ ’Old Hundredth’) does not give God the title of King, but its contents are otherwise so similar to those of the previous ’theocratic’ Pss. that it is naturally grouped along with them both as to subject and date. It calls the world to worship God (Psalms 100:1-2), describes Him as the Creator and Shepherd of His people (Psalms 100:3), points to the second Temple as the seat of His service (Psalms 100:4), and closes with an ascription of praise which was often... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 100:1-5

Psalms 100:3 This text is closely associated with the personal history of Melanchthon, but the facts are quite wrongly given by Dr. John Ker in his book on the Psalms. Dr. Ker supposed that the use of the verse related to a bereavement which took place shortly before the Reformer's death. It was, on the contrary, a passage which accompanied him in thought from the year 1529, when at the age of thirty-two he lost his baby son George, who was born at Jena on 25 November, 1527. Luther, writing to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:1-5

Psalms 100:1-5THE Psalms of the King end with this full-toned call to all the earth to do Him homage. It differs from the others of the group, by making no distinct mention either of Jehovah’s royal title or of the great act of deliverance which was His visible exercise of sovereignty. But it resembles them in its jubilant tone, its urgent invitation to all men to walk in the light which shone on Israel, and its conviction that the mercies shown to the nation bad blessing in them for all the... read more

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