Psalms 100 · Verse 3

Psalms 100:3

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.
Psalms 100:3, King James Version

Psalms 100:3 in other translations

BSBKnow that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
WEBKnow that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
ASVKnow ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
YLTKnow that Jehovah He is God, He made us, and we are His, His people--and the flock of His pasture.
DARBYKnow that Jehovah is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
BBEBe certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.
WebsterKnow 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.

What does Psalms 100:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. To the obligations of a creature and subject is added that of a beneficiary (Psa 95:7).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God - Acknowledge in every possible way, both in public and private, that Jehovah, the uncreated self-existent, and eternal Being, is Elohim, the God who is in covenant with man, to instruct, redeem, love, and make him finally happy. It is he that hath made us - He is our Creator and has consequently the only right in and over us. And not we ourselves - ולא אנחנו velo anachnu. I can never think that this is the true reading, though found in the present Hebrew text, in the Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Syriac. Was there ever a people on earth, however grossly heathenish, that did believe, or could believe, that they had made themselves? In twenty-six of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. we have ולו אנחנו velo anachnu, "and His we are;" לו lo, the pronoun, being put for לא lo, the negative particle. This is the reading of the Targum, or Chaldee paraphrase ודיליה אנחנא vedileyh anachna, "and his we are," and is the reading of the text in the Complutensian Polyglot, of both the Psalters which were printed in 1477, and is the keri, or marginal reading in most Masoretic Bibles. Every person must see, from the nature of the subject that it is the genuine reading. The position is founded on the maxim that what a man invents, constructs out of his own matterials, without assistance in genius, materials or execution from any other person, is His Own and to it, its use, and produce, he has the only right. God made us, therefore we are His: we are his people, and should acknowledge him for our God; we are the sheep of his pasture, and should devote the lives to him constantly which he continually supports.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 100:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דְּע֗וּde.'UknowH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehYahwehH3068
ה֤וּאhu'heH1931
אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים'E.lo.Him[is] GodH430
הֽוּא\־hu'-heH1931
עָ֭שָׂנוּ'A.sa.nuhe made usH6213
וְל֣וֹve.Loand [belong] to him
אֲנַ֑חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587
עַ֝מּ֗וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971
וְצֹ֣אןve.Tzonand [the] flock ofH6629
מַרְעִיתֽוֹ\׃mar.'i.Topasture hisH4830

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 100:3

  • Psalms 95:6-7

    O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

  • Psalms 46:10

    Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

  • Psalms 119:73

    י JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

  • John 17:3

    And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • Ezekiel 34:30-31

    Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God. And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.

  • 1 Peter 4:19

    Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

  • John 10:26-28

    But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

  • Psalms 149:2

    Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

  • Deuteronomy 4:35

    Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.

  • Psalms 79:13

    So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Know.
46:10; 95:3,6,7; De 4:35,39; 7:9; 1Sa 17:46,47; 1Ki 18:36-39
2Ki 19:19; Jer 10:10; Joh 17:3; Ac 17:23,24; 2Co 4:6; Ga 4:8,9
1Jo 5:20
it is he.
95:6; 119:73; 139:13-24; 149:2; Job 10:8-13; Ec 12:1; Eph 2:10
1Pe 4:19
not we ourselves. or, his we are.
12:4; 1Co 6:19,20
we are his.
74:1,2; 78:52; 79:13; 95:7; Isa 40:9-11; 63:11,19; Eze 34:11,30,31
Joh 10:14-16,26-28; Ac 20:28,29; 1Pe 2:9,25; 5:2-4

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Context

  • Psalms 100:2

    Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

  • Psalms 100:3

    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.

  • Psalms 100:4

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

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Psalms 100:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Reconoced que Jehová él es Dios: él nos hizo, y no nosotros á nosotros mismos; pueblo suyo somos, y ovejas de su prado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Sachez que l’ Éternel est Dieu. C’est lui qui nous a faits, et ce n’est pas nous; nous sommes son peuple, et le troupeau de sa pâture.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Erkennet, daß Jehova Gott ist! Er hat uns gemacht, und nicht wir selbst, -sein Volk und die Herde seiner Weide.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non proponebam ante oculos meos rem injustam; facientes prævaricationes odivi; non adhæsit mihi