seekeroftruth
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Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his[a];
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his[a];
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
a. Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves
There is a lot of commentary.... apparently this is a "protocol" of some sort to some preachers..... anyway... this is from the easy English site.
Here "everyone" does not only mean the Jews. Jews are people who were born from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their children. Bible students believe that it means everybody in the whole world. The word "shout" here means "make a loud noise". The Hebrew word in this verse does not mean "sing". The Jews wrote the psalms in the Hebrew language, which they spoke. Maybe the shout is as at a football game, when you shout for your group to win! The LORD is a special name for God. It is a name that his people use. His people are the people that love him and obey him.
The Hebrew word that we translate "do something for" means "work for" or "become the servant of". In the psalm, it means that we praise God (tell God that he is great) because he makes us so happy. There is no temple now so we praise him in our churches or our homes. Jesus taught us that the church is now God’s temple. Really, we can praise God anywhere! "Joy" is when you feel very happy deep down inside you.
Another way to say "he will do what he has promised" is "he is faithful". When we do what we promise then we are faithful. God will always be faithful to us. We must also be faithful to him.
I guess the song "Jesus love me" is the song that seems to top this psalm. They both tell me the same thing..... God loves me.... He created me.... He is watching over me.... I am happy all over knowing I have God backing me up..... I am grateful and I want the world to know it.....