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.


> Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!

Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, Into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations.

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/web/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/web/psalms/chapter-101">Psalms 101</a>.