Psalm 100

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 100

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 we say that as there is nothing in it peculiar to their economy so its beginning with a call to... read more

Matthew Henry

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

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 100 A Psalm of Praise . The Arabic version ascribes this psalm to David, and very likely it is one of his: the Targum calls it "a hymn for the sacrifice of thanksgiving;' and so Jarchi. It is supposed to have been used when peace offerings for thanksgivings were offered up, Leviticus 7:11 . The Syriac inscription is very odd; "concerning Joshua the son of Nun, when he made the war of the Ammonites to cease;' though it more rightly adds, "but in the New... 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

All nations are exhorted to praise the Lord, Psalm 100:1 , Psalm 100:2 ; to acknowledge him to be the Sovereign God and their Creator and that they are his people and the flock of his pasture, Psalm 100:3 ; to worship him publicly, and be grateful for his mercies, Psalm 100:4 . The reasons on which this is founded; his own goodness, his everlasting mercy, and his ever-during truth, Psalm 100:5 . This Psalm is entitled in the Hebrew לתודה מזמור mizmor lethodah , not "A Psalm of... 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

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