Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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,
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 O send out thy light and thy truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 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. 5 Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.
Cross References
Psalm 57:8
Awake up, my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp. I myself will awake right early.
Habakkuk 3:17-18
For though the fig tree shall not flourish, nor shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food. The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.
2 Samuel 6:5
And David and all the house of Israel played before LORD with all manner of [instruments of] fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
Psalm 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will encompass thine altar, O LORD,
Psalm 33:2
Give thanks to LORD with the harp. Sing praises to him with the psaltery of ten strings.
Psalm 42:6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Therefore I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Psalm 66:13-15
I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings. I will pay thee my vows,
Psalm 71:22-23
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God. To thee I will sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 81:2
Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Psalm 116:12-19
What shall I render to LORD for all his benefits toward me?
Isaiah 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in LORD. My soul shall be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride
Romans 5:11
And not only so, but also taking pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Revelation 5:8
And when he took the book, the four beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls containing incense, which are the prayers of the sanctified.