Psalms 100

Psalms 100:1-5

The Final Praise. A psalm of thanksgiving. The hundredth psalm closes this series with the full anthem of praise. Naught else remains. Perfection is found and rest; and both are in God. There is little need of interpretation. Jehovah is now to be in every mouth, not the superstitious dread of men afraid of uttering His Name, but shouting it aloud for very gladness: joyous service, with a song. Jehovah is indeed the manifest God, to whom belong His people: the creatures and the cared for of His hand.

Strangely it may seem, but most beautifully, surely, the thankful approach of the worshiper falls into the fourth place, which speaks of the practical life. The life will now be praise (comp. Hebrews 13:15-16). And the psalm ends with the record of Jehovah’s ways, which are the theme of the praise itself: “for Jehovah is good: His loving-kindness is for ever; and His truth endureth from generation to generation.” Amen.