A call to worship.
RSB notes this would be called out to the congregation as an invitation to worship. NKJV calls this a 'hymn of procession' sung by the pilgrims coming to worship at the temple.
The pivotal idea here seems to me to be this:
"Know that the Lord, He is God; it is He who has made us and we are His (or 'not we ourselves'.)
'Know'.......indicates more than simply 'knowing about' God. It indicates a relationship. To truely know Him is to seek and understand Him, or at least as much as one can know Him. As the NKJV note puts it, "Know here means more than an intellectual consent. It is to incorporate God and His character into the practices of life."
"The Word of God can be in the mind without being in the heart; but it cannot be in the heart without first being in the mind. —R.C. Sproul.
Such knowledge of Him brings about a true understanding in us of our own position of dependence upon Him. Meditation on this fact, that He is God, and has made us.......we are His, or 'not we ourselves', brings about a heart that serves and worships Him, and experiences a joyous response of praise...."Make a joyful shout!"
Just today I saw this quote:
"When you come to an understanding of the sovereignty of God it is one of the greatest comforts that our soul can ever have." —Steven Lawson
Come to worship........with thanksgiving to Him, Knowledge of who He is puts us in a right frame of mind for worship.
He is good, merciful, and true. Everlasting. Holy.
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