Psalms 43:4

Then will I go to God’s altar, to God my rejoicing; and with joy on the lyre I will praise you, O God, my God.

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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

3Send forth your light and your truth, let them be my guides: to your holy hill let them bring me, to the place where you live.

5Why am I downcast? Why this moaning within me? Hope in God; for yet will I praise him, my help, my God.

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Cross References

Psalms 33:2Give thanks to the Lord on the lyre, play to him on a ten-stringed harp.

Psalms 57:8awake, my soul. Awake, harp and lyre; I would wake the dawn.

Psalms 63:2As I in the temple have seen you, beholding your power and your glory,

Psalms 71:22So with harp I will praise you, and your faithfulness, O my God; and make music to you on the lyre, O you Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 116:12What shall I render the Lord for all his bounty to me?

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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