Psalms 100:2
Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
In Context
1Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:11You shall rejoice before the LORD your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are amongst you, in the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
Deuteronomy 28:47Because you didn’t serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
2 Chronicles 20:27Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the LORD’s camp.
Psalms 63:4So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
Psalms 95:2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
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 →