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Psalms 43:4

JoyPraise and worshipGod's presence

2 For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

3 Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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BSB
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
KJV
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.
WEB
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
ASV
Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
DARBY
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto the God of the gladness of my joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
BLB
And I will come to the altar of God, to God, the joy of my rejoicing; and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.
ÅB
så jeg kan komme til Guds alter, til min fryds og gledes Gud, og prise deg på citar, Gud, min Gud!
OTB
Da vil jeg nærme meg Guds alter,
Til Gud, min største glede;
Og jeg vil prise Deg med lyren, Gud, min Gud.
B1930
så jeg kan komme til Guds alter, til min fryds og gledes Gud, og prise dig på citar, Gud, min Gud!

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 61:10

    I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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  • Habakkuk 3:17–18

    Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

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  • Psalms 66:13–15

    I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—

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  • Psalms 57:8

    Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

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  • Psalms 71:22–23

    So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

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  • Psalms 116:12–19

    How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?

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  • Psalms 33:2

    Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.

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  • Psalms 42:6

    O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.

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