5 verses · The Message · Contemporary paraphrase
The Message by Eugene Peterson presents the Bible in the rhythms and idioms of contemporary American English. More than a translation, it is a paraphrase designed to help readers experience Scripture's impact as if hearing it for the first time.
Psalms Chapter 100 contains 5 verses and is presented here in the The Message (MSG), which uses a contemporary paraphrase approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 150 chapters in Psalms.
1A thanksgiving psalm On your feet now—applaud God!
2Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence.
3Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep.
4Enter with the password: "Thank you!" Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him.
5For God is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever.
Psalms 100 in the The Message (MSG) contains 5 verses. The MSG uses a contemporary paraphrase approach, first published in 2002.
The The Message uses contemporary paraphrase, rendering the text as a modern paraphrase in contemporary idioms. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Psalms 100 for a different perspective.
Psalms Chapter 100 contains 5 verses in the The Message. The book of Psalms has 150 chapters total.