Psaume 100

1 Psaume de louange. Vous, toute la terre, jetez des cris de réjouissance à l'Éternel!

2 Servez l'Éternel avec joie; venez devant sa face avec des cris d'allégresse.

3 Sachez que l'Éternel est Dieu. C'est lui qui nous a faits, et non pas nous; nous sommes son peuple et le troupeau qu'il fait paître.

4 Entrez dans ses portes avec des actions de grâces, dans ses parvis avec la louange; célébrez-le, bénissez son nom

5 Car l'Éternel est bon; sa bonté demeure à toujours, et sa fidélité d'âge en âge.

Psaume 100 Commentary

Chapter 100

An exhortation to praise God, and rejoice in him.

- This song of praise should be considered as a prophecy, and even used as a prayer, for the coming of that time when all people shall know that the Lord he is God, and shall become his worshippers, and the sheep of his pasture. Great encouragement is given us, in worshipping God, to do it cheerfully. If, when we strayed like wandering sheep, he has brought us again to his fold, we have indeed abundant cause to bless his name. The matter of praise, and the motives to it, are very important. Know ye what God is in himself, and what he is to you. Know it; consider and apply it, then you will be more close and constant, more inward and serious, in his worship. The covenant of grace set down in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, with so many rich promises, to strengthen the faith of every weak believer, makes the matter of God's praise and of his people's joys so sure, that how sad soever our spirits may be when we look to ourselves, yet we shall have reason to praise the Lord when we look to his goodness and mercy, and to what he has said in his word for our comfort.