For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
The Psalmist summons all nations to praise God, seeing in this a prophecy of the Church gathered from many peoples. God's kindness to His own is so great it demands abundant rejoicing, and we must cease from the folly of fashioning many gods and robbing Him of the honor His name alone deserves.
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Commenting on Psalm 100:1-5
For the Lord is good. This sums up his character and contains a mass of reasons for praise. He is good, gracious, kind, bountiful, loving; yea, God is love. He who does not praise the good is not good himself. The kind of praise inculcated in the Psalm, viz., that of joy and gladness, is most fitly urged upon us by an argument from the goodness of God.
All the earth is summoned to make a joyful noise unto the Lord. We must serve Him not only in obedience but in public worship, entering His gates and courts with gratitude for our place there, the people's privilege, though the holy place itself was kept for the priests alone.
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Commenting on Psalm 100:1-5