Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Psalms 100:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Quick Meaning
Psalm 100:5: The reason or consequence in “For the LORD is good” supports the surrounding claim in “All lands invited into thankful service.”
All lands are invited to glad service, and the flock is the maker's
This verse is one part of that explanation in Psalms 100:1–5. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Psalms 100:1–5
Read Psalms 100:5 with 100:1–5. Read alone, “For the LORD is good” could lose the communal voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 100:1–5, the communal voice carries the movement “All lands invited into thankful service” as part of “All lands invited into thankful service.” Its thanksgiving-hymn form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 100:1–5 opens Psalm 100 with “Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands” and establishes the communal voice and “All lands invited into thankful service” movement before later lines develop or answer it. Within that relationship, Psalm 100:5 supplies a reason or consequence through “For the LORD is good” and must be read with the claim it supports.
What Remains True
In “All lands invited into thankful service,” Psalm 100:5 supplies a reason or consequence through “For the LORD is good” and must be read with the claim it supports. The resulting truth stays bounded by this movement: Praise remembers concrete divine character and action, gathers many voices, and remains honest about grief rather than demanding one emotional performance. The local movement is “All lands invited into thankful service.” The unit's reviewed limit is: Joyful service and belonging cannot be coerced; shepherd and ownership language never makes people property of human institutions.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Psalms 100:1–5 — All lands invited into thankful serviceSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 100:1–5, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 100:1–5
Open the fixed Hebrew Psalms file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Psalms 1-150
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, current official online edition
Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 100:1–5.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 100 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 100:1–5
Open the official NET Psalms notes ↗