The first verse is a get command:
"Make a joyful noise to the Lord"
We say this to a lot of people when they say they cannot sing. But really we haven't taken this phrase into a consideration as to what does this really mean. As I always do I open my Bible and read it and read it and listen to the other people in the group. Then as I listen to them talk I look up in the commentary as to what Dr. MacArthur had to say about it.
Looking at my bible commentary its said to look at Psalm 66:1, so I did:
"Shout for joy to God, all the earth"
In which it reads to shout with loyalty, pay homage as in 1 Samuel 10:24:
"And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted,
“Long live the king!”
The people shouted this after God showed where the hiding Saul was hidden then dragged up to Samuel and then as you see "Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen" (Side Note: read this passage again 1 Samuel 10:17-24- is it me or is Samuel trying to say something else than paying homage to Saul?)
anyway...
From looking at these three scriptures: Psalm 100:1; Psalm 66:1 and 1 Samuel 1-24; tells us that in Psalm 100 the author is telling the people to first above anything else right now, pay homage to the King our King The Lord Our God.
Then the rest of we read here:
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
So the phrase, "Make a joyful noise" or as in the New American Standard Bible "Shout joyfully to the Lord" Show Homage in voice. Like when we see our favorite singer or star or as in my case my favorite Football coach when I saw him once at my bank in Oklahoma, I saw this giant of a guy, at least to me he was taller than I by a foot or so, So when he got closer to me outside in the parking lot I shout hello, Coach Switzer.
I acknowledge that he was there and I saw him and knew he was there.
When we are in our daily lives we must do the same. In prayer first acknowledge Him first, it may be a Praise the Lord, Hallelujah, He is Risen. In song SHOUT To the Lord all you earth Praise His name. Forever in majesty Praise to His name.
"give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
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