# Psalm 100 📖: Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Psalm Overview]] | [[Psalm 99]] | [[Psalm 101]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) #### A thanksgiving psalm. [[#Verse 01.]] Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! [[#Verse 02.]] Worship the Lord with joy. Enter his presence with joyful singing. [[#Verse 03.]] Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us and we belong to him, we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. [[#Verse 04.]] Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give him thanks. Praise his name. [[#Verse 05.]] For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Psalm 100's heading is "A psalm of thanksgiving," possibly connected to the thank offering (Leviticus 7:12). 2. It has only five verses but contains seven commands to worship: shout, serve, come, know, enter, give thanks, and praise. 3. There is a famous textual variant in 100:3. Hebrew *lo* can mean "not" or "His," so older versions read "not we ourselves," while most modern versions read "we are His." 4. The hymn tune "Old Hundredth" gets its name from this psalm. 5. William Kethe's hymn "All People That on Earth Do Dwell" (about 1561) is a paraphrase of Psalm 100. 6. The doxology "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow" is usually sung to the Old Hundredth tune. 7. Psalm 100 is often read as the climax of the enthronement psalms (93 to 99). 8. "All the earth" (100:1) invites every nation, not just Israel, to worship. 9. Entering the gates and courts (100:4) pictures worshipers walking into the temple. 10. Verse 5 is a summary of God's character used many times in Scripture (1 Chronicles 16:34; Jeremiah 33:11). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the Good Shepherd who makes us His flock. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture (100:3), and Jesus says, "I am the good shepherd, and I know My own" (John 10:14). Through Him we enter God's gates with thanksgiving. ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The psalm calls all the earth to worship the Lord with joy (100:1-2). What keeps your worship from being joyful? 2. Verse 3 reminds us that the Lord made us and we belong to Him. How does that truth shape your sense of identity? 3. The psalm ends with God's goodness, loyal love, and faithfulness (100:5). Which of these has been most real to you lately? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 2: Worship the Lord with joy and come before Him with joyful songs. - 📖 verse 3: Acknowledge that the Lord is God; He made us and we belong to Him, His people and the sheep of His pasture. - 📖 verse 5: The Lord is good, His loyal love endures, and His faithfulness lasts through every generation. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Psalm 95#Verse 06.|Psalm 95:6-7]] - We are the people of His pasture. - 🔗 [[John 10#Verse 14.|John 10:14-16]] - One flock, one Shepherd. - 🔗 [[Hebrews 13#Verse 15.|Hebrews 13:15]] - Offer a sacrifice of praise. - 🔗 [[1 Peter 02#Verse 09.|1 Peter 2:9-10]] - Now you are the people of God. - 🔗 [[Jeremiah 33#Verse 11.|Jeremiah 33:11]] - Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 100- SOAP|Don’t Ignore the Lord]] ## 📂 Internal Notes