Psalms 100 KJV
A Psalm of Thanksgiving
About This Psalm
Make a joyful noise! Enter His gates with thanksgiving. The most famous call to worship - just 5 verses of pure praise.
1ake a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
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Did You Know?
The Hebrew superscription 'Mizmor le-Todah' ties the psalm specifically to the thanksgiving sacrifice ritual, indicating it was likely performed when worshippers presented todah offerings in the temple as an expression of gratitude for deliverance.
Its opening summons extends not merely to Israel but to 'all lands,' framing praise of Yahweh as a universal obligation that anticipates later prophetic visions of the nations joining in worship.
Verse 3's pairing of creation ('he that hath made us') with covenant election ('we are his people') fuses two theological strands, presenting Yahweh simultaneously as cosmic maker and electing shepherd-king.
The psalm belongs to the enthronement collection (Psalms 93-100) whose shared vocabulary and themes suggest it formed part of an ancient festival liturgy celebrating Yahweh's kingship over chaotic forces.
The phrase 'enter into his gates with thanksgiving' evokes the physical movement of pilgrims through the temple's eastern gates into the court of Israel, where the todah meal would be consumed in the presence of the altar.