Daily Discipleship - Day 341: Make a Joyful Noise

May 3, 2026

Daily Discipleship • Day 341 • Tuesday, April 6, 2027

Make a Joyful Noise

Psalm 100:1–3

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Scripture

Psalm 100:1–3 (LXX / ESV) Ἀλαλάξατε τῷ κυρίῳ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ· λατρεύσατε τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ… γνῶτε ὅτι κύριος αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ θεός· αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Author & Audience

Carmen Joy Imes — Old Testament scholar and author of Being God's Image, whose work on the Psalms and human identity as God's people illuminates this call to joyful, knowing worship.

Word Study

Ἀλαλάξατε

Alalaxate · Greek LXX

“shout aloud / make a joyful noise / raise a battle cry”

alalazo was originally the battle cry or the shout of triumph—exuberant, loud, physically engaged. The LXX uses it here for the worship of all the earth. Worship in this psalm is not quiet and tentative but full-throated and exuberant, grounded in the knowledge of who God is.

Reflection

From the writers we read together

Carmen Joy Imes

OT scholar; author of Being God's Image

“Worship is the right response to knowing who God is and who we are.” — Being God's Image, chapter 7

The psalm begins with a command to shout—not whisper, not mumble—and its foundation is theological: Know that the LORD, He is God. Worship is grounded in knowledge. Exuberance flows from recognition. When you truly know who God is (Creator, Shepherd, Lord of all the earth), the appropriate response is not a polite nod but a joyful noise.

Imes shows that 'we are his people and the sheep of his pasture' is not a humble self-deprecation but a statement of beloved belonging. Sheep with a good shepherd are not anxious—they are cared for and at rest. Today, let knowledge lead to joy, and joy lead to a noise worth making. What could you sing, shout, or declare to God right now?

Continue your study: LXX-ESV Bible Study — Explore the Psalms in their Septuagint form and English translation at our LXX-ESV Bible Study page.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, King of the Universe, Lord, You are God! You made me; I am Yours. Let me make a joyful noise today—not because everything is easy but because You are good and I belong to You. Amen.

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