TheBibleNet: Psalm 100

Psalms:

Bk 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

Bk 2: 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72

Bk 3: 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89

Bk 4: 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106

Bk 5: 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119a 119b 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132
133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

Additional Psalms: 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 Samuel Chronicles

Essays: Intro - Music - Form & Language

As seems to be the pattern throughout Book Four, here is another example of the pop music of the Temple period: light, happy-clappy etc, religious equivalents of "She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah" and "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" - she in this case being YAH, and the one being asked to provide the nanny-glove YHVH. They work like Nursery Rhymes, or the frescos in Catholic churches (before the Protestants whitewashed them out!): for the illiterate in Biblical times, which was 98% of women and a significant percentage of men, these songs were the way to inculcate religious faith, loyalty and as much understanding as was necessary for obedience to the sacred-king, his civil servants, his army, and his priests. Other Psalms in this anthology were clearly intended for the intellectuals and the spiritual pilgrims; but not these.

Nor should it surprise anyone that Leonard Bernstein, that maestro of pop music pretending to be opera, should have included Psalm 100 in his Chichester Psalms; in addition Psalm 108 for Parts 1 and 2, 23 for Part 2, and 131 and 133 for Part 3). You can listen to them here.

100:1 MIZMOR LE TODAH HARIY'U LA YHVH KOL HA ARETS

מִזְמוֹר לְתוֹדָה הָרִיעוּ לַיהוָה כָּל הָאָרֶץ

KJ (King James translation): (A Psalm of praise.) Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

BN (BibleNet translation): Music for thanksgiving. Shout out to YHVH, all the Earth.

100:2 IVDU ET YHVH BE SIMCHAH BO'U LEPHANAV BIRNANAH

עִבְדוּ אֶת יְהוָה בְּשִׂמְחָה בֹּאוּ לְפָנָיו בִּרְנָנָה

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

BN: Worship YHVH gladly; come into his presence with singing.

BIRNANAH: Or BI RENANAH? Look up the many previous instances of RANANAH and determine whether this is singing, dancing, or a more general term for all the forms of celebration. HAVA NERENANAH VE NISMECHAH...

100:3 DE'U KI YHVH HU ELOHIM HU ASANU VE LO ANACHNU AMO VE TSON MAR'IYTO

דְּעוּ כִּי יְהוָה הוּא אֱלֹהִים הוּא עָשָׂנוּ וְלֹא אֲנַחְנוּ עַמּוֹ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתוֹ

KJ: Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

BN: Know that YHVH is god; {N} he made us, and we are his, his people, and the flock of his pasture.

Cf Psalm 95:7 et al.

100:4 BO'U SHE'ARAV BE TODAH CHATSEROTAV BIT'HILAH HODU LO BARACHU SHEMO

בֹּאוּ שְׁעָרָיו בְּתוֹדָה חֲצֵרֹתָיו בִּתְהִלָּה הוֹדוּ לוֹ בָּרֲכוּ שְׁמוֹ

KJ: Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

BN: Enter his gates with gratitude, and his courts with praise; give thanks to him, and bless his name.

BIT'HILAH: Or BI TEHILAH?

100:5 KI TOV YHVH LE OLAM CHASDO VE AD DOR VA DOR EMUNATO

כִּי טוֹב יְהֹוָה לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ וְעַד דֹּר וָדֹר אֱמוּנָתוֹ

KJ: For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

BN: For YHVH is good; his lovingkindness is eternal; and his fidelity endures from generation to generation. {P}

YHVH and only YHVH, no other name, no other deity, so much as mentioned; as we have been witnessing throughout Book Four, we have truly entered the epoch of the Omnideity.

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Psalms:

Bk 1: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41