Psalms 100 · The Lantern

A psalm for thanksgiving. Shout to the LORD, all the earth.

Make a Joyful Noise

Serve the LORD with gladness; come before him with a ringing cry.

Know that the LORD, he is God. He himself made us, and we are his — his people and the flock of his pasture.

"Enter into His gates with confession" (ver. 3). At the gates is the beginning: begin with confession. Thence is the Psalm entitled, "A Psalm of Confession:" there be joyful. Confess that ye were not made by yourselves, praise Him by whom ye were made. Let thy good come from Him, in departing from whom thou hast caused thine evil.

We are taught by their testimonies that "it is God himself and not we ourselves who made us"—not only to be human beings but also to be holy and blessed human beings. If by the gift of his grace we pursue him eagerly, always with a pure and untiring heart, he will be propitious toward all our iniquities, according to the promises made to our ancestors.

The whole Trinity speaks these words: I am the Lord your God. He says therefore I, namely, the one whom you ought to obey and whom you ought to love and adore. Or he says I, who made you in the being of nature and in the being of grace.

Come into his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; give thanks to him; bless his name.

For the LORD is good; his loyal love is forever, and his faithfulness to generation and generation.

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Make a Joyful Noise