Psalm 100 - A Joyful Noise of Thanksgiving

Five verses of pure thanksgiving, among the most quoted in the Psalter.

Psalms 100: Make a Joyful Noise Unto the LORD

Psalm 100 opens in Psalms 100:1 with the famous call to 'make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands,' one of the shortest and best-known entries in the Psalms overview.


Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands.

Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.

Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.

For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness `endureth' for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations. Psalm 101 A Psalm of David.

Its instruction to 'enter into his gates with thanksgiving' matches the call to sing 'with grace in your hearts to the Lord' found in <a href="/bible/asv/colossians/chapter-3/16">Colossians 3:16-17</a>. The psalm's closing note, that God's truth endures to all generations, sets a warm tone before the vow of <a href="/bible/asv/psalms/chapter-101">Psalms 101</a>.