All Men Exhorted to Praise God.

A Psalm for [a]Thanksgiving.

100 (A)Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.
(B)Serve the Lord with gladness;
(C)Come before Him with joyful singing.
Know that (D)the Lord [b]Himself is God;
It is He who has (E)made us, and [c]not we ourselves;
We are (F)His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter His gates (G)with [d]thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him, (H)bless His name.
For (I)the Lord is good;
(J)His lovingkindness is everlasting
And His (K)faithfulness to all generations.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 100:1 Or thank offering
  2. Psalm 100:3 Or He
  3. Psalm 100:3 Some mss read His we are
  4. Psalm 100:4 Or a thank offering

Psalm 100[a]

Processional Hymn

A psalm of thanksgiving.

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all you lands;
    serve the Lord with gladness;
    come before him with joyful song.
[b]Know that the Lord is God,
    he made us, we belong to him,
    we are his people, the flock he shepherds.(A)
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
    his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, bless his name;(B)
    good indeed is the Lord,
His mercy endures forever,
    his faithfulness lasts through every generation.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 100 A hymn inviting the people to enter the Temple courts with thank offerings for the God who created them.
  2. 100:3 Although the people call on all the nations of the world to join in their hymn, they are conscious of being the chosen people of God.