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|LeftPanel=<p> | |LeftPanel=<p> Ps 100 opens with the Hebrew words ''mizmor le todah''. ''Mizmor'' - a psalm, ''le'' - for, ''todah''… | ||
''Toda'' (תוֹדָה) is the word for thanksgiving, for giving thanks. So we could say that Ps 100 is a psalm for… '''thanksgiving'''. | |||
But ''toda'' could also have a specific meaning, referring to an ancient Israelite sacrifice known as the ''toda'', the thank offering, where animals were sacrificed to give thanks to YHWH. So Ps 100 could also be a “psalm for… '''a thank offering'''.” | |||
Now these thank offerings were usually offered as part of a joyful ceremony, a thanksgiving celebration, with songs and rituals and a big celebration… | |||
Based on this, we might then say that Ps 100 is a psalm for… '''a thanksgiving celebration'''… | |||
All three meanings are present, and together they take us to ancient Jerusalem, to the Israelite temple, where a great crowd of people and priests, and maybe also a king, would be gathered outside the gates, for a thanksgiving celebration, with a thank offering, and hearts full of thanksgiving. | |||
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His Joyful Flock
Psalm 100
Ps 100 opens with the Hebrew words mizmor le todah. Mizmor - a psalm, le - for, todah… Toda (תוֹדָה) is the word for thanksgiving, for giving thanks. So we could say that Ps 100 is a psalm for… thanksgiving. But toda could also have a specific meaning, referring to an ancient Israelite sacrifice known as the toda, the thank offering, where animals were sacrificed to give thanks to YHWH. So Ps 100 could also be a “psalm for… a thank offering.” Now these thank offerings were usually offered as part of a joyful ceremony, a thanksgiving celebration, with songs and rituals and a big celebration… Based on this, we might then say that Ps 100 is a psalm for… a thanksgiving celebration… All three meanings are present, and together they take us to ancient Jerusalem, to the Israelite temple, where a great crowd of people and priests, and maybe also a king, would be gathered outside the gates, for a thanksgiving celebration, with a thank offering, and hearts full of thanksgiving.
בַּמֵּתִים חָפְשִׁי
[I am] an outcast among the dead.
verse 6
וַאֲנִי אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה שִׁוַּעְתִּי
But I have been crying out to you for help, YHWH.
verse 14
