ARC · Chapter 100/150
1Celebrae com jubilo ao Senhor, todas as terras.
2Servi ao Senhor com alegria; e entrae diante d'elle com canto.
3Sabei que o Senhor é Deus: foi elle que nos fez, e não nós outros a nós; somos povo seu e ovelhas do seu pasto.
4Entrae pelas portas d'elle com louvor, e em seus atrios com hymno: louvae-o, e bemdizei o seu nome.
5Porque o Senhor é bom, e eterna a sua misericordia; e a sua verdade dura de geração em geração.
A brief and joyful psalm of gratitude, inviting all the earth to serve the Lord with gladness, acknowledging that he is the Creator and that his people are like sheep under his care, and that his mercy endures forever.
This psalm was traditionally sung by those entering the temple to offer thanksgiving sacrifices (as its Hebrew title suggests), becoming one of the best-known and most widely used hymns of praise in liturgies to this day, across many traditions. Its simple structure — an invitation to rejoice, the theological reason (God as Creator and Shepherd), and a reaffirmation of God's eternal goodness — makes it a compact summary of the entire theology of praise found in the Psalms. The application today is that simple, joyful gratitude is, in itself, a legitimate and powerful form of worship.