Psalms

Chapter 100

Make a Joyful Noise

This brief thanksgiving psalm calls all the earth into joyful service and confident worship before the LORD. It grounds that joy in the knowledge that the LORD alone is God, the Maker of his people and the Shepherd who claims them as his own. The psalm ends by inviting worshipers to enter his gates with praise because his goodness, steadfast love, and faithfulness endure through every generation.

Psalm 100 is one of the Psalter's clearest entry songs for public worship. It gathers theology and liturgy into a compact confession: the LORD is God, his people belong to him, and his enduring covenant love makes thanksgiving the fitting response.

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Psalms 100

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Make a Joyful Noise

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A¹ Psalm of thanksgiving. ²Serve the LORD with gladness; ³Know that the LORD is God.

⁴Enter His gates with thanksgiving ⁵For the LORD is good,

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01vv. 1-5Make a Joyful NoiseThe psalm opens by summoning all the earth to shout for joy to the LORD, serve him gladly, and come before him with songs. It then anchors that joy in theological certainty: the LORD is God, he made his people, and they are his sheep under his care. The final movement calls worshipers to enter his gates and courts with thanksgiving and praise, because the LORD is good and his steadfast love and faithfulness extend through every generation.