Psalms 100:3 (GNV)

Passage

Knowe ye that euen the Lord is God: hee hath made vs, and not we our selues: we are his people, and the sheepe of his pasture.

Nearby Context

Psalms 100:1 A Psalme of Praise. Sing ye loude vnto the Lord, all the earth.

Psalms 100:2 Serue the Lord with gladnes: come before him with ioyfulnes.

Psalms 100:3 Knowe ye that euen the Lord is God: hee hath made vs, and not we our selues: we are his people, and the sheepe of his pasture.

Psalms 100:4 Enter into his gates with prayse, and into his courts with reioycing: prayse him and blesse his Name.

Psalms 100:5 For the Lord is good: his mercy is euerlasting, and his trueth is from generation to generation.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "knowe", "euen", "lord", "hath", "selues", "people", and "sheepe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "knowe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Serue the Lord with gladnes come before..." into verse 4's "Enter into his gates with prayse and...", so "sheep" and "knowe" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sheep" and "knowe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.