“Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.”
Joyful service: "Serve the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing." The service of God is characterized as joyful. The approach to God's presence involves song.
Church Fathers on Psalms 100:2
1. You heard the Psalm, brethren, while it was being chanted: it is short, and not obscure: as if I had given you an assurance, that you should not fear fatigue.... 2. The title of this Psalm is, “A Psalm of confession.” The verses are few, but big with great subjects; may the seed bring forth within your hearts, the barn be prepared for the Lord's harvest. 3. “Jubilate,” therefore, “unto the Lord, all you lands” Psalm 99:1. This Psalm gives this exhortation to us, that we…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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