Psalms 100:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה בֹּ֥אוּ לְ֝פָנָ֗יו בִּרְנָנָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʿibdû ʾet-YHWH in-śimḥâh; bōʾû to-pānâw in-rənānâh

Grammar Details

• *ʿibdû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - serve
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *śimḥâh*: noun, feminine singular - joy/gladness
• *bōʾû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - come/enter
• *pānâw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his face/presence
• *rənānâh*: noun, feminine singular - joyful singing/shouting

Word Meanings

• *ʿibdû*: serve/worship/work for
• *śimḥâh*: joy/gladness/happiness/celebration
• *bōʾû*: come/enter/go in
• *pānâw*: his face/his presence/before him
• *rənānâh*: joyful singing/shouting/ringing cry

Referenced Verses

• Ps 95:2 : 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
• Deut 28:47 : 47 Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.
• 1 Kgs 8:66 : 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people.
• 2 Chr 20:27-28 : 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.
• 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Jehovah.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
• Ps 63:4-5 : 4 So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
• Ps 71:23 : 23 My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
• Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
• Acts 2:46-47 : 46 And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.
• Deut 12:12 : 12 And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.
• Deut 16:11 : 11 and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
• Deut 16:14 : 14 and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.