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COMMENTARY ON PSALM 100 A psalm for David IJy way ofconfession. No title in the Hebrew. HE INSPIRED AUTHOR HERE summons all people to hymn singing, urging them to serve God the Savior in every way. Cry aloud to the Lord, all the earth (v. 1): all human beings, offer the triumphal hymn to God; by earth he refers to the inhabitants of the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness (v. 2): the kingship of our God and Savior is not of the style of the harsh tyranny of the devil; rather, his lordship is mild and loving. In rejoicing in his service, then, make your approach: Come into his presence with happiness. Symmachus, on the other hand, said "with blessing," and Aquila, ''with praise," the hymn of people who rejoice and are glad. (2) Know that he is our God (v. 3): even if in his loving-kindness he chose to become man, yet he always continued to have the being of God.1 It means, Learn from experience itself that our Lord in person is God of all. The sacred band of the apostles also proposed these teachings to the nations, as the story of the Acts teaches. He made us, not we ourselves: we were not appointed our own makers, but were formed by him. That is what blessed Paul taught the Athenians: 'The God who made tiIe world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and eartiI, does not dwell in temples made by [human] hands, nor is he served by human hands as though in need of anything, having himself given to all life and breath and everything. From one bloodline he caused one nation to dwell on the whole face of tiIe earth."2 The inspired author also teaches this here, He made us, not we ourselves. Symmachus, on the other hand, put it this I. The long form of the text is not unaccustomed to insert a theological caveat, relevant or not. 2. Acts 17.24-26. 144 COMMENTARYON PSALM 100 145 way, "He made us when we were not." We are his people, and sheep of his pasture. In this he indicated not only his lordship but also his care: he is not only our Lord but also shepherd, supplying us with good pasture, whereas we also belong to him like a king's people and like a shepherd's sheep. (3) Enter his gates with confession, his courts with hymns (v. 4). By his gates and his courts he refers to the churches: [1672] they provide us with approach to him, and in them it is proper to narrate his divine and saving actions, and offer the hymn of thanksgiving like a gift of some kind. Confess to him, praise his name, because the Lord is good, his mercy forever and his truth from generation to generation (vv. 4-5): how could it not be right to sing the praises of the one showing ineffable loving-kindness and bringing to fulfillment the good promises? After all, what he promised in the generation of our ancestors he fulfilled in ours, and the salvation he pledged he truly granted, achieving our salvation through cross and death. Arnen.3 3. As with the previous psalm, the long form of the text supplies a phrase by way of pious conclusion. unwilling to leave the reader in any doubt of the source of the promised salvation. ...

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