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2015 May 12



Procession in the Province of Kursk (1880-1883)
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844-1930)
Realism Style
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art


     Explanation: Psalm 100 exhorts us to bless God, our shepherd, for his goodness to us, his sheep. The author and the occasion are not specified; but this Psalm plus Psalms 96, 97, and 98 have significant parallels with David's Psalm which is recorded in 1 Chronicles 16. This fact may give us the author (David) and the occasion (the dedication of the Tabernacle) for all four of these Psalms. Today's painting exhibits an eagerness to approach the LORD which is encouraged and implied in the Psalm.

          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: 1 Chronicles 16. KINGSHIP AND COVENANT PSALMS: Psalm 2. Psalm 18. Psalm 20. Psalm 21. Psalm 24. Psalm 29. Psalm 45. Psalm 47. Psalm 50. Psalm 72. Psalm 81. Psalm 89. Psalm 93. Psalm 95. Psalm 96. Psalm 97. Psalm 98. Psalm 99. Psalm 100. Psalm 101. Psalm 132. Psalm 144. ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Psalm 100 - #1. Psalm 100 - #2. Psalm 100 - #3. Psalm 100 - #4. Psalm 100 - #5. Psalm 100 - #6. Psalm 100 - #7. Psalm 100 - #8. Psalm 100 - #9. ]

     The Psalmist, perhaps David, exhorts all the earth to make a joyful noise (a shout of joy) to the LORD. We must serve him with gladness (glee) and come before him with joyful singing because he is God; he made us; and we are his people and his sheep (1-3). We should enter his gates with thanksgiving and praise, being thankful (or reverent) to him and blessing his name because he is good, forever merciful, and true "unto generation and generation," (i.e., to generation after generation, or to all generations) as the original Hebrew puts it (4-5).


THE PSALTER:

BOOK FOUR OF FIVE:

Psalms 90-106.


Psalm 100

1 A Psalm of praise. *


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.


* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]




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