Psalms 100:2
And I will have understanding within the immaculate way, when you will draw near to me. I wandered about in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
In Context
1A Psalm of David himself. I will sing mercy and judgment to you, O Lord. I will sing psalms.
3I will not display any unjust thing before my eyes. I have hated those carrying out betrayals.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:11And you shall feast in the sight of the Lord your God: you, your son and your daughter, your man servant and your woman servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the new arrival as well as the orphan and the widow, who abide with you, in the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may dwell there.
Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the Lord your God, with gladness and a joyful heart, over the abundance of all things.
2 Chronicles 20:27And every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, returned, with Jehoshaphat before them, to Jerusalem, with great rejoicing. For the Lord had granted to them gladness concerning their enemies.
2 Chronicles 31:2Then Hezekiah appointed the companies of the priests and Levites by their divisions, each man in his proper office, certainly as much for the priests as for the Levites, for the sake of holocausts and peace offerings, so that they might minister and confess and sing, at the gates of the camp of the Lord.
Psalms 63:4For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have formed their bow into a bitter thing,
Psalms 95:2Sing to the Lord and bless his name. Announce his salvation from day to day.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 100:2-5
Importunate Exhortations to Praise God; Motives for Praising God. 1 Make 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… Read the whole commentary →