Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then I will approach the altar of God, even to God in whom my joy finds its source. Then I will praise you with the lyre, God, my God,
New American Standard Bible
To God
And upon 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.
Holman Bible
to God, my greatest joy.
I will praise You with the lyre,
God, my God.
A Conservative Version
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise thee upon the harp, O God, my God.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God, my exceeding joy;
With the lyre I will praise You, O God, my God!
Bible in Basic English
Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
I will come to the altar of God, to God the gladness of my joy: and I will praise thee upon the harp, O God, my God.
King James 2000
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise you, O God my God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, {my surpassing joy}, and I will praise you with lyre, O God, my God.
Modern King James verseion
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; yea, on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness: and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God.
NET Bible
Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.
New Heart English Bible
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
The Emphasized Bible
That I may go in unto the altar of God, Unto GOD, mine exultant joy, - That I may praise thee with the lyre, O God - mine own God!
Webster
Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy: yes, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
World English Bible
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.
Themes
Altar » Of burnt offerings » Called altar of God
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 43:4
Images Psalm 43:4
Prayers for Psalm 43:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For Rescue
3 Send forth your light and your truth so they may guide me. Let them bring me to your holy mountain and to your dwelling places. 4 Then I will approach the altar of God, even to God in whom my joy finds its source. Then I will praise you with the lyre, God, my God, 5 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will praise him once again, since his presence saves me and he is my God. To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.
Cross References
Psalm 57:8
Wake up, my soul, wake up, lyre and harp! I will awaken at dawn.
Habakkuk 3:17-18
Even though the fig tree does not blossom, and there are no grapes on the vines; even if the olive harvest fails, and the fields produce nothing edible; even if the flock is snatched from the sheepfold, and there is no herd in the stalls
2 Samuel 6:5
David and the entire assembly of Israel were dancing in the presence of the LORD with all of their strength, accompanied by all sorts of wood instruments, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.
Psalm 26:6
I wash my hands innocently. I go around your altar, LORD,
Psalm 33:2
With the lyre, give thanks to the LORD; with the ten stringed harp, play music to him;
Psalm 42:6
My God, my soul feels depressed within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, from the heights of Hermon, even from the foothills.
Psalm 66:13-15
I will come to your house with burnt offerings. I will fulfill my vows to you
Psalm 71:22-23
I also will praise you with the harp; because of your faithfulness, my God, I will praise you with the lyre Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 81:2
Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp.
Psalm 116:12-19
What will I return to the LORD for all his benefits to me?
Isaiah 61:10
"I will heartily rejoice in the LORD, my soul will delight in my God; for he has wrapped me in garments of salvation; he has arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, just like a bridegroom, like a priest with a garland, and like a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Romans 5:11
Not only that, but we also continue to boast about God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom we have now been reconciled.
Revelation 5:8
When the lamb had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders bowed down in front of him. Each held a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, the prayers of the saints.