Psalms 100:3-5

3 Know that ¹the LORD, he is God! It is he who ²made us, and ³we are his;^[a] we are his ⁴people, and ⁵the sheep of his pasture.

4 ⁶Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his ⁷courts with praise! Give thanks to him; ⁸bless his name!

5 ⁹For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his ¹⁰faithfulness to all generations.

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Psalms 100:3-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 100

\\<>\\. The Arabic version ascribes this psalm to David, and very likely it is one of his: the Targum calls it ``a hymn for the sacrifice of thanksgiving;'' and so Jarchi. It is supposed to have been used when peace offerings for thanksgivings were offered up, Le 7:11,12. The Syriac inscription is very odd; ``concerning Joshua the son of Nun, when he made the war of the Ammonites to cease;'' though it more rightly adds, ``but in the New Testament, when the Gentiles are converted to the faith:'' and indeed the scope of the psalm is to exhort the Gentiles to praise the Messiah, to serve and worship him, from the consideration of his goodness and mercy, truth and faithfulness.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

1. 1 Kings 18:39
2. See Psalms 95:6; Job 10:3, 8
3. Isaiah 43:1
4. Ezekiel 34:30
5. See Psalms 74:1
6. [Psalms 66:13]
7. Psalms 96:8
8. Psalms 96:2
9. Psalms 25:8; Psalms 106:1; Psalms 119:68; 2 Chronicles 5:13; Ezra 3:11; Jeremiah 33:11; Nahum 1:7
10. See Psalms 36:5

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or and not we ourselves

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