Psalms 100:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, (and) into his courts with praise - (Psalms 92:13; Psalms 96:8.) About to be realized under the coming reign of Messiah at Jerusalem (Isaiah 56:5-7; Isaiah 60:10-11; Isaiah 66:18; Isaiah 66:23; Zechariah 14:16). 'The nations of the earth praise the Lord in loud harmonious chorus in the same sanctuary in which now only the weak song of praise of a single little nation is heard; 'from month to month and from Sabbath to Sabbath all flesh come to worship before Yahweh-all the inhabitants of the earth every Sabbath-which, if literally interpreted, contains an absurdity' (Hengstenberg). But because minute details are not be pressed, it does not follow that the whole of the express statements as to the manifested glory of the Lord at Jerusalem, and the homage of the Gentiles there, are to be evaporated into a figure.

Psalms 100:4

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.