Psalm 100:4
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
World English Bible, updated 66-book edition (engwebp). Text provenance and public-domain notice.
Read the full chapter: Psalms 100
1 A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!
2 Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
3 Know 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.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
Context for study
The psalm calls all lands to joyful worship and describes the worshipers as God’s people and sheep. Verse 4 uses the image of entering gates and courts to gather thanksgiving, praise, and blessing into an approach to God. Its repeated actions follow the declaration of belonging in verse 3. Reading them together makes thanksgiving a response to the God who made and cares for his people.
A question to explore
What actions does verse 4 ask of the worshipers, and how does the description of belonging in verse 3 give those actions context?