Meaning, commentary and cross references
Psalms 100:4
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!”In other translations
KJV · King James Version
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
NIV · New International Version
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
WEB · World English Bible
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
What does Psalms 100:4 mean?
John Gill · Exposition of the Entire Bible, on Psalms 100:4
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,.... The same with the gates of Zion, loved by the Lord more than all the dwellings of Jacob; the gates of Jerusalem, within which the feet of the saints stand with pleasure; the gates of Wisdom, or Christ, where his followers watch and wait; the gates into his house, the church, and the public ordinances of it, to be entered into with thankfulness for all mercies, temporal and spiritual; for the Gospel, and Gospel opportunities and ordinances: and into his courts with praise; with the sacrifice of praise, as in Psalm 96:8, of these courts, see Psalm 65:4, be thankful unto him; for all blessings of grace in him and by him; for all things, and at all…
John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1746–63). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
Matthew Henry · Commentary on the Whole Bible, on Psalms 100:1–5
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, Psa 100:4. We must not only comfort ourselves, but glorify God, with our joy, and let him have the praise of that which we have the pleasure of. Be thankful to him and bless his name; that is, (1.) We must take it as a favour to be admitted into his service, and give him thanks that we have liberty of access to him, that we have ordinances instituted and opportunity continued of waiting upon God in those ordinances.
Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706–21; Romans–Revelation completed by Nonconformist ministers). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
John Calvin · Commentaries, on Psalms 100:4–5
4. Enter into his gates with praise, and into his courts with rejoicing: give glory [125] to him, and bless his name. 5. Because Jehovah is good, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth from generation to generation. 4 Enter his gates The conclusion of the psalm is almost the same as the beginning of it, excepting that he adopts a mode of speech which relates to the worship of God which obtained under the law; [126] in which, however, he merely reminds us that believers, in rendering thanks to God, do not discharge their duty aright, unless they also continue in the practice of a steady profession of piety. Meanwhile, under the name of the temple, he signifies that God cannot be…
John Calvin, Commentaries (Calvin Translation Society English text). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
Context: Psalms 100:1–5 (WEB)
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.
Cross references
- Colossians 3:16–17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
- Hebrews 13:15
Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
- 1 Chronicles 29:13
Now therefore, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name.
- Psalms 103:1–2
- Psalms 116:17–19
- Psalms 66:13
- Psalms 145:1–2
- Isaiah 35:10
Then the LORD’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”