Psalm 100/Notes/Phrasal.V. 3.727522

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  • וְלוֹ: This lamed expresses possession in the sense that God's people, as his "flock", in some sense 'belong to him' and are willingly devoted to him. This is similar, for example, to the use of ל in Song of Songs 2:16, דּוֹדִי לִי וַאֲנִי לוֹ ("My beloved is mine [lit. to me] and I am his [lit. to him]") (for similar usage with reference to God see Ps. 119:94; Is. 43:1; 44:5).
The interpretation here follows the Qere (לוֹ). For the dispute between the Qere and the Ketiv here see The Text and Meaning of Ps. 100:3.