Psalms 100:3 (WEB)

Passage

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Nearby Context

Psalms 100:1 Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!

Psalms 100:2 Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

Psalms 100:3 Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalms 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

Psalms 100:5 For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "yahweh", "people", and "pasture". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Serve Yahweh with gladness Come before his..." into verse 4's "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving into...", so "sheep" and "yahweh" 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 "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.