Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 100

1 MAke a joyful noise unto the LORD all ye lands .

Partly with Voices and Songs of rejoicing and thanksgiving; and partly with musical instruments as the manner then was.

All the Inhabitants of the Earth. Or, all the land, i. e. all the people of Israel dwelling in this land. Although his invitation seems to be more general, extending also to the Gentiles, of whom many even in those days joined themselves to the Church of God.

Marginal references: Heb. all the earth.

3 Know ye that the LORD he is God, it is he that hath made us , and not we our selves d, we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Both by Creation, and by adoption and Regeneration, whereby he made us his people, which also is called a creation or making, as Deut. 32. 6. Isa. 29. 23. and 43. 7. Eph. 2. 10. Therefore we owe him homage and service, and him onely and not other gods who made us not.

Marginal references: Or, and his we are.; Psal. 95. 7. Ezek, 34. 30, 31.

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

The gates of his Courts; for the people might enter no further, and the Courts had Walls and Gates as well as the House.