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 generations.
COMMENTARY: The word praise in the superscription is actually the word thanksgiving or, more specifically, thank-offering. It was one psalm that accompanied a "thank-offering" (Leviticus 7:12) that one presented when God had especially answered a prayer or given a great deliverance. The psalm contains a command to serve (vv. 1-3) and a command to praise (vv. 4,5). Each section is in turn divided into three calls and three causes. There are three calls to serve, make a joyful noise (v.1), serve the Lord (v.2) and come before (v.3). Likewise, there are three calls to praise, enter his gates, be thankful, bless his name (v.4), followed by three causes for praise, the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, his truth endureth (v.5).
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