Psalms 100:3

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. KNOW YE THAT THE LORD HE (IS) GOD - Hebrew, 'Yahweh is 'Elohiym (H430);' as contra-distinguished from all whom the pagan called 'gods' (cf. Psalms 46:10, based on Deuteronomy 7:9). The destruction of Sennacherib, in Psalms 46:1, is a type of the coming overthrow of the anti-Christian faction, the result of which will be the recognition of Yahweh by all nations. (It is) he (that) hath made us, and not we ourselves: (we are) his people, and the sheep of...

The prophet next makes mention of the great benefits received from God, and, in an especial manner, desires the faithful to meditate upon them. To say _God made us _is a very generally acknowledged truth; but not to advert to the ingratitude so usual among men, that scarcely one among a hundred seriously acknowledges that he holds his existence from God, although, when hardly put to it, they do not deny that they were created out of nothing; yet every man makes a god of himself, and virtually worships himself, when he ascribes to his own power what God declares belongs to him alone. Moreover, it must be remembered that the prophet is not here speaking of creation in general, (as I have formerly said,) but of that spiritual regeneration by which he creates anew his image in his elect. Believers are the persons whom the prophet here declares to be God’s workmanship, not that they were made...

Verse Psalms 100:3. _KNOW YE THAT THE LORD HE_ IS _GOD_] Acknowledge in every possible way, both in public and private, that Jehovah, the uncreated self-existent, and eternal Being, is _Elohim_, the God who is in covenant with man, to instruct, redeem, love, and make him finally happy. IT IS _HE_ THAT _HATH MADE US_] He is our _Creator_ and has consequently the only right in and over us. _AND NOT WE OURSELVES_] ולא אנחנו _velo anachnu_. I can never think that this is the true reading, though found in the present Hebrew text, in the _Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic_, and _Syriac_. Was there ever a people on earth, however grossly heathenish, that did believe, or could believe, that _they had made themselves_? In _twenty-six_ of _Kennicott's_ and...

KNOW YE THAT THE LORD, HE IS GOD - That is, Let all the nations know that Yahweh is the true God. The idols are vanity. They have no claim to worship; but God is the Creator of all, and is entitled to universal adoration. IT IS HE THAT HATH MADE US - The Hebrew is, “He made us,” and this expresses the exact idea. The fact that he is the Creator proves that he is God, since no one but God can perform the work of creation. The highest idea that we can form of power is that which is evinced in an act of creation; that is, in causing anything to exist where there was nothing before. Every created thing, therefore, is a proof of the existence of God; the immensity of the universe is an illustration of the greatness of his power. AND NOT WE OURSELVES - Margin, “And his we are.” The difference between the text and the margin is owing to a different reading in the Heb

EXPOSITION THE hundredth psalm has for its title, "A Psalm of praise," or "of thanksgiving," and to this description it well answers. There is not a single mournful note in the composition. God is praised from the beginning to the end, and all the earth is called upon to join in blessing and thanking him. It has been suggested that it was probably written to be chanted by a festive procession as it approached and entered the temple (see Psalms 100:4). The whole runs on without any break or division. PSALMS 100:1 MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE UNTO THE LORD (comp. Psalms 95:1,...

KNOW YE THAT THE LORD HE IS GOD,.... Own and acknowledge him to be God, as well as man; and though a man, yet not a mere man, but the great God and our Saviour, the true God and eternal life; so a man, as that he is Jehovah's fellow; or our God, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions; Immanuel, God with us, God in our nature, God manifest in the flesh: [IT IS] HE [THAT] HATH MADE US; as men, without whom nothing is made that was made; in him we live, move, and have our being; and, as new creatures, we are his workmanship, created in him, and by him; regenerated by his Spirit and grace, and formed for himself, his service and glory; and made great and honourable by him, raised from a low to an high estate; from being beggars on the dunghill, to sit among princes; yea, made kings and priests unto God by him; so, Kimchi, "he hath brought us up, and exalted us:'' AND NOT WE OURSELVES; that i...

May the Spirit of God, by whose inspiration David penned these Psalms, bless them to us as we read them! This is entitled «a Psalm of Praise.» Note here that this is the only Psalm which bears that title; there are others which have titles very much like it, but this one is singled out from all the rest to be, in a very special sense, «a Psalm of Praise.» Martin Luther was very fond of it, and it has even been said that he composed the tune which are have just sung, and which is commonly called «the Old Hundredth»; though others attribute it to a German named Franc. Psalms 100:1. _Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands._ Do you notice the missionary spirit here? The Jews looked upon God as the God of Israel, and they had but very faint desires for the conversion of other nations; but the Holy Ghost speaks more by David than David himself may have known: Make

Psalms 100 Nothing but Praise It is Israel's voice in praise which we hear in this brief Psalm, which so fittingly concludes this series of great millennial Psalms. They exhort that all the earth should make a joyful noise unto the Lord, to serve Him and come before Him with singing. The third verse tells us that they are the speakers. All are to enter His gates with thanksgiving and come into His courts with praise. How often is this Psalm used in a spiritualized way, making the gates and the courts some church building. But we worship in spirit and in truth and not in an earthly house. The gates and courts have reference to that future temple, which will be a house of prayer for all nations....

C. A PROCESSIONAL HYMN (see Psalms 100:4). The Ps. invites the Israelites to be joyful, declares Yahweh is the only God and the Maker of all, and that He is specially the God of Israel. PSALMS 100:2. SERVE: offer sacrifice to (see Isaiah 19:21; Isaiah 19:23). Psalms 100:3. we are his: this suits the context better, but He hath made us, _i.e._ made us what we are, viz. the people of redemption, is also a possible reading....

GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. The Hebrew accent places the chief pause on "God"; the minor pauses on "know" and "made": i.e. the knowledge of Jehovah as our God reveals to His People that He made them such, and that they are His "sheep" and His care. AND NOT WE OURSELVES. Some codices, with six early printed editions, read _l'o_ ("not"); but other codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, read _lo_ (for Him or His), "and His we are", as in Authorized Version margin The difference arises from spelling Hebrew. _lo_ with an _Aleph_ (=. _o)_ or with _a Vau_ (= o). The _Massorah_ notes several such passages where the same variation occurs (Exodus 21:8; Leviticus 11:21. Lev 25:30....