Psalms 100:3 - Exposition

Know ye that the Lord he is God; or, be sure— "recognize the fact as a certainty" (see the Prayer book Version). It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; or, according to another reading, and his are we. This latter reading is preferred by De Wette, Kay, Cheyne, and the Revised Version. But the other, which was the reading of the LXX ; and is supported by the Vulgate and the old commentators generally, should, however, be retained, as yielding a better sense. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture (comp. Psalms 74:1 ; Psalms 79:13 ; Psalms 95:7 ).