Psalms 100:4 (YLT)

Passage

Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name.

Nearby Context

Psalms 100:2 Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.

Psalms 100:3 Know that Jehovah He <FI>is<Fi> God, He made us, and we are His, His people--and the flock of His pasture.

Psalms 100:4 Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name.

Psalms 100:5 For good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "enter", "gates", "thanksgiving", "courts", "praise", "give", and "bless". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "enter" and "gates", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Know that Jehovah He FI is Fi..." into verse 5's "For good FI is Fi Jehovah to...", so "enter" and "gates" 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 "enter" and "gates" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.