Psalms 100:2
Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
In Context
1A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
2 Chronicles 20:27Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
Psalms 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
Psalms 95:2Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
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 →