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A Psalm for Thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.
Ψαλμὸς εἰς ἐξομολόγησιν. Ἀλαλάξατε τῷ Κυρίῳ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ,
"Jubilate," therefore, "unto the Lord, all you lands". This Psalm gives this exhortation to us, that we jubilate unto the Lord. Nor does it, as it were, exhort one particular corner of the earth, or one habitation or congregation of men; but since it is aware that it has sown blessings on every side, on every side it…
Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before his presence with exultation.
δουλεύσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ· εἰσέλθατε ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει.
"O serve the Lord with gladness" (ver. 2): he addresseth you, whoever ye are who endure all things in love, and rejoice in hope. "Serve the Lord," not in the bitterness of murmuring, but in the "gladness of love." "Come before His presence with rejoicing." It is easy to rejoice outwardly: rejoice before the presence…
Know that the Lord he is God; He made us, and not we ourselves; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Γνῶτε ὅτι Κύριος αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ Θεός· αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ οὐχ ἡμεῖς, λαὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ πρόβατα τῆς νομῆς αὐτοῦ.
"Enter into His gates with confession" (ver. 3). At the gates is the beginning: begin with confession. Thence is the Psalm entitled, "A Psalm of Confession:" there be joyful. Confess that ye were not made by yourselves, praise Him by whom ye were made. Let thy good come from Him, in departing from whom thou hast…
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And his courts with hymns; Give thanks to him, praise his name.
Εἰσέλθατε εἰς τὰς πύλας αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐξομολογήσει, τὰς αὐλὰς αὐτοῦ ἐν ὕμνοις· ἐξομολογεῖσθε αὐτῷ, αἰνεῖτε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
"For the Lord is pleasant". Think not that you faint in praising Him. Your praise of Him is like food: the more ye praise Him, the more ye acquire strength, and He whom you praise becomes the more sweet.
For the Lord is good, his mercy is forever; And his truth endures to generation and generation.
Ὅτι χρηστὸς Κύριος, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἕως γενεᾶς καὶ γενεᾶς ἡ ἀλήθεια αὐτοῦ.
"His mercy is everlasting." For He will not cease to be merciful, after He has freed you: it belongs to His mercy to protect you even unto eternal life. "His mercy," therefore, "is to everlasting: and His Truth from generation to generation". Understand by "from generation to generation," either every generation, or…
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