Psalm 100:2 “Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs…”

Psalm 100:2

Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

World English Bible

Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

American Standard Version

Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.

Geneva Bible 1599

Serue the Lord with gladnes: come before him with ioyfulnes.

Darby Translation

Serve Jehovah with joy: come before his presence with exultation.

Young's Literal Translation

Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.

Bible in Basic English

Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song.

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Cross references

“Serve”

Philippians 4:4 Psalm 71:23 Deuteronomy 28:47 Deuteronomy 12:12 Deuteronomy 16:11 Deuteronomy 16:14

Philippians 4:4 · BSB

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Psalm 71:23 · BSB

When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

Deuteronomy 28:47 · BSB

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

Deuteronomy 12:12 · BSB

And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

Deuteronomy 16:11 · BSB

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the fore…

Deuteronomy 16:14 · BSB

And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

“come”

Psalm 95:2 Psalm 42:4 2 Chronicles 31:2 2 Chronicles 20:27 2 Chronicles 20:28

Psalm 95:2 · BSB

Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.

Psalm 42:4 · BSB

These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

2 Chronicles 31:2 · BSB

Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing p…

2 Chronicles 20:27 · BSB

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.

2 Chronicles 20:28 · BSB

So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.

3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

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