Psalms 99:2
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye the Lord with gladness. Come in before his presence with exceeding great joy.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Jubilate Deo, omnis terra ; servite Domino in lætitia. Introite in conspectu ejus in exsultatione.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- δουλεύσατε τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, εἰσέλθατε ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 100:2
- עִבְד֣וּ אֶת יְהוָ֣ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה בֹּ֥אוּ לְ֝פָנָ֗יו בִּרְנָנָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Earth. Both Jews and Gentiles, (Worthington) converted to the faith of Christ. (Haydock)
Gladness. God loves a cheerful giver. [2 Corinthians ix. 7.] (Menochius)
He hears our prayers in all places. Yet appoints the temple more peculiarly for that duty. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm C
10. “O serve the Lord with gladness” ( ver. 2 ): he addresseth you, whoever ye are who endure all things in love, and rejoice in hope. “Serve the Lord,” not in the bitterness of murmuring, but in the “gladness of love.” “Come before His presence with rejoicing.” It is easy to rejoice outwardly: rejoice before the presence of God. Let not the tongue be too joyful: let the conscience be joyful. “Come before His presence with a song.”