His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for (A)giving thanks.

100 (B)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
    (C)Serve the Lord with gladness!
    (D)Come into his presence with singing!

Know that (E)the Lord, he is God!
    It is he who (F)made us, and (G)we are his;[a]
    we are his (H)people, and (I)the sheep of his pasture.

(J)Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
    and his (K)courts with praise!
    Give thanks to him; (L)bless his name!

(M)For the Lord is good;
    his steadfast love endures forever,
    and his (N)faithfulness to all generations.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves

Worship God with Joy

A psalm of thanksgiving.[a]

100 Shout in triumph to Yahweh, all the earth.
Serve[b] Yahweh with joy;
come into his presence with exultation.
Know that Yahweh, he is God;
he made us and we are his.[c]
We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him; bless his name.
For Yahweh is good; his loyal love is forever,
and his faithfulness is from generation to generation.[d]

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 100:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
  2. Psalm 100:2 Or “Worship”
  3. Psalm 100:3 According to the reading tradition (Qere); the Kethib reads “and not we ourselves
  4. Psalm 100:5 Literally “unto a generation and a generation”