Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.

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

Then I will come to the altar of God,
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,

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Then will I go

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

unto the altar
מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

of God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

שׂמחה 
Simchah 
Usage: 93

joy
גּיל 
Giyl 
Usage: 9

yea, upon the harp
כּנּור 
Kinnowr 
Usage: 42

thee, O God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

Images Psalm 43:4

Prayers for Psalm 43:4

Context Readings

A Prayer For Rescue

3 Send out thy light and thy truth: they shall lead me, they shall bring me to thy holy mount, and unto thy habitations. 4 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. 5 Why art thou cast down, 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.

Cross References

Psalm 57:8

Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree 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 Jehovah on all manner of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with sistra, and with cymbals.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

Psalm 33:2

Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.

Psalm 42:6

My God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from mount Mizar.

Psalm 66:13-15

I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will perform my vows to thee,

Psalm 71:22-23

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, my God; unto thee will I sing psalms with the harp, thou holy One of Israel.

Psalm 81:2

Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.

Psalm 116:12-19

What shall I render unto Jehovah, for all his benefits toward me?

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, 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 the priestly turban, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Romans 5:11

And not only that, but we are making our boast in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we have received the reconciliation.

Revelation 5:8

And when it took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each a harp and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.

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