Mazmur 100:2

100:2 Worship ¹  the Lord with joy!

Enter his presence with joyful singing!

Mikha 6:6

6:6 With what should I ²  enter the Lord’s presence?

With what ³  should I bow before the sovereign God? ⁴ 

Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings,

with year-old calves?

[100:2]  ¹ tn Or “serve.”

[6:6]  ² sn With what should I enter the Lord’s presence? The prophet speaks again, playing the role of an inquisitive worshiper who wants to know what God really desires from his followers.

[6:6]  ³ tn The words “with what” do double duty in the parallelism and are supplied in the second line of the translation for clarification.

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Or “the exalted God.”