Psalms 43:4

For they inherited not the land by their own sword, 1 And their own arm did not deliver them; 1 But thy right hand, and thine arm, 1 And the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: 1 Thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out. 1

5Thou art indeed my King and my God, 1 Who commandest deliverances for Jacob. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 6:5And David and the children of Israel were playing before the Lord on well-tuned instruments mightily, and with songs, and with harps, and with lutes, and with drums, and with cymbals, and with pipes.

Psalms 33:2I will bless the Lord at all times: 1 His praise shall be continually in my mouth. 1

Psalms 57:8They shall utterly pass away like water running through: 1 He shall bend his bow till they shall fail. 1

Psalms 63:2Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to thee; 1 Deliver my soul from fear of the enemy. 1

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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