Psalms 100:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Serve the LORD 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, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
• Deut 28:47 : 47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I 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 the LORD had done for David his servant, and for 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 the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
• 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, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
• Ps 63:4-5 : 4 Thus 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 greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
• Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
• Acts 2:46-47 : 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
• Deut 12:12 : 12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
• Deut 16:11 : 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
• Deut 16:14 : 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.