Psalm 100:1-5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 100:1-5

Here, I. The exhortations to praise are very importunate. The psalm does indeed answer to the title, A psalm of praise; it begins with that call which of late we have several times met with (Ps. 100:1), Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all you lands, or all the earth, 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 answered to. But, if we take the foregoing psalm to be (as we have opened it) a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:1

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Or, "all the earth" F3 כל הארץ "omnis terra", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, &c.; ; that is, as the Targum, all the inhabitants of the earth, who are called upon to shout unto him as their King; as the angels did at his birth, the disciples when he made his public entrance into Jerusalem, the apostles at his ascension to heaven, the saints when the marriage of him, the Lamb, will be come, and both men and angels when... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:2

Serve the Lord with gladness ,.... Not with a slavish fear, under a spirit of bondage, as the Jews under the legal dispensation; not in the oldness of the letter, but in the newness of the Spirit: with spiritual joy and freedom of soul, as under the spirit of adoption; readily, willingly, cheerfully; without sinister and selfish ends and views; as their Lord and Master; taking delight in his person, and pleasure in his service; rejoicing in him, without having any confidence in the flesh: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:3

Know ye that the Lord he is God ,.... Own and acknowledge him to be God, as well as man; and though a man, yet not a mere man, but the great God and our Saviour, the true God and eternal life; so a man, as that he is Jehovah's fellow; or our God, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions; Immanuel, God with us, God in our nature, God manifest in the flesh: it is he that hath made us ; as men, without whom nothing is made that was made; in him we live, move, and have our being; and, as new... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:4

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving ,.... The same with the gates of Zion, loved by the Lord more than all the dwellings of Jacob; the gates of Jerusalem, within which the feet of the saints stand with pleasure; the gates of Wisdom, or Christ, where his followers watch and wait; the gates into his house, the church, and the public ordinances of it, to be entered into with thankfulness for all mercies, temporal and spiritual; for the Gospel, and Gospel opportunities and ordinances: and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:5

For the Lord is good ,.... Both in a providential way, and in a way of grace, and does good; he is the good Shepherd, that has laid down his life for the sheep; and the good Samaritan, that pours in the wine and oil of his love and grace, and his precious blood, to the healing of the wounds made by sin: while he was on earth, he went about doing good to the bodies and souls of men; and he continues to do good unto them, and therefore should be praised, served, and worshipped: his mercy is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 100:1

Make a joyful noise - הריעו hariu , exult, triumph, leap for joy. All ye lands - Not only Jews, but Gentiles, for the Lord bestows his benefits on all with a liberal hand. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 100:2

Serve the Lord with gladness - It is your privilege and duty to be happy in your religious worship. The religion of the true God is intended to remove human misery, and to make mankind happy. He whom the religion of Christ has not made happy does not understand that religion, or does not make a proper use of it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 100:3

Know ye that the Lord he is God - Acknowledge in every possible way, both in public and private, that Jehovah, the uncreated self-existent, and eternal Being, is Elohim, the God who is in covenant with man, to instruct, redeem, love, and make him finally happy. It is he that hath made us - He is our Creator and has consequently the only right in and over us. And not we ourselves - אנחנו ולא velo anachnu . I can never think that this is the true reading, though found in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 100:4

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving - Publicly worship God; and when ye come to the house of prayer, be thankful that you have such a privilege; and when you enter his courts, praise him for the permission. The word בתודה bethodah , which we render with thanksgiving, is properly with the confession-offering or sacrifice. See on Psalm 100:1-5 ; (note). Bless his name - Bless Jehovah, that he is your Elohim; see Psalm 100:3 . In our liturgic service we say, "Speak good of his... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 100:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 100:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 100:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 100:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 100:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 100:4

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