Psalms 43:3

Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

In Context

2O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old.

4For they inherited not the land by their own sword, and their own arm did not deliver them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:20+ 15:20 Gr. it.Whereas thou camest yesterday, shall I to-day cause thee to travel with us, and shalt thou thus change thy place? thou didst come forth yesterday, and to-day shall I set thee in motion to go along with us? I indeed will go whithersoever I may go: return then, and cause thy brethren to return with thee, and may the Lord deal mercifully and truly with thee.

1 Chronicles 16:1So they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle which David pitched for it; and they offered whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.

1 Chronicles 21:29And the tabernacle of the Lord which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, were at that time in the high place at Gabaon.

Psalms 3:4But thou, O Lord, art my helper: my glory, and the one that lifts up my head.

Psalms 36:9For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

Psalms 42:4And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to thee on the harp, O God, my God.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 43:2-5

Appeals and Petitions. 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 5 Why art thou cast… Read the whole commentary →

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