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Psalms 43:4

JoyPraise and worshipGod's presence

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.

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 down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, 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 greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

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  • Habakkuk 3:17–18

    Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

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  • Psalms 66:13–15

    I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

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  • Psalms 57:8

    Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

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  • Psalms 71:22–23

    I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

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  • Psalms 116:12–19

    What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

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  • Psalms 33:2

    Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

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  • Psalms 42:6

    O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

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