Bible Strands
Psalms 100:3
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The community of Israel addresses the congregation in a call to worship, positioned between the command to serve with gladness and the invitation to enter God's gates with thanksgiving. The speaker is the collective "we" of the people, not an individual.
The words — דְעוּ (de'u) is an imperative: "know" as a command, not a suggestion. עָשָׂנוּ ('asanu) is "he made us," the root 'asah (to make, to do) with the first-person plural suffix, grounding the command in a prior act of God.
The thread — The same "know + Maker" pairing appears in Psalms 95:6 ("the LORD our Maker") and Psalms 119:73 ("Your hands have made me"), while Psalms 46:10 isolates the "know" as a standalone demand before God's exaltation.
Why it lands — It places a factual claim—God made you, you belong to Him—as the precondition for worship, not the reward for it. The reader is asked to stop and recognize who made them before they sing.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Cross-references
- Psalms 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
- Psalms 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- Psalms 119:73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
- John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- Ezekiel 34:30 Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD.
- 1 Peter 4:19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
- Psalms 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
- John 10:26 But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.