Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Serve the Lord with gladness - (Psalms 2:11.) There, where rebels are concerned, the expression is, "Serve the Lord with fear;" here, where willing subjects are invited it is, "Serve the Lord with gladness" "Serve," therefore, means, not merely worship, but submit yourselves to Him as your King, as opposed to rebelling and 'setting themselves against Him' (Psalms 2:1-3). Compare "serve" in the same sense, Psalms 72:11.