Psalm 100 is read especially through the theme of thanksgiving, within Book IV (Psalms 90–106). Its language invites attentive prayer before quick application.
1A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!
2Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
3Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
5For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 100 is read especially through the theme of thanksgiving, within Book IV (Psalms 90–106). Its language invites attentive prayer before quick application. Read it within the complete five-book Psalms collection, then compare its prayer language with the types of prayer found across Scripture. Classification is a reading aid rather than a replacement for the Psalm's own movement and tension.
Book IV (Psalms 90–106). The five-book shape of the Psalter helps readers hear individual prayers within a deliberately arranged collection.
Thanksgiving, Praise. Read for these themes while remaining open to tension and secondary movements.
Psalm 100 contains 5 verses and about 86 words in this translation. These observations come from the chapter itself; they are prompts for close reading, not claims about its only possible meaning.
Verse 1 begins: “A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!” Ask what situation, voice, image, or argument this opening establishes for everything that follows.
Verse 5 closes: “For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.” Compare the ending with the opening and note what changed, resolved, intensified, or remained open.
Recurring or prominent content words include thanksgiving, psalm, shout, lands, serve, gladness. Follow where each word appears and whether its meaning shifts with the speaker or setting.
This page reproduces the World English Bible Protestant edition (WEBP), a modern-English translation dedicated to the public domain.
Use the book, chapter, and verse—for example, Psalms 100:1—and name the World English Bible if the wording matters. Each verse number above is a direct anchor link.
Not always. Chapter and verse numbers were added for navigation. Check the paragraphs, scenes, poetic stanzas, or argument before and after this chapter.
Our reading profile emphasizes thanksgiving, with related themes of Thanksgiving, Praise. Many Psalms blend genres or move between moods, so this label is a guide rather than a rigid classification.
Begin with one honest question, one passage read carefully, and one faithful next step.