Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 O send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me! Let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling places. 4 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.
5 Why am I in despair? Why am I so deeply disturbed within me? I will put my hope in God, for I will praise him as my salvation and my God.


Cross References

Psalm 57:8

Wake up, my glory! Wake up, stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up the dawn.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

The fig tree will not flourish. There will be no fruit on the vines. The labor of the olive will fail and the fields will yield no food! The flock will be cut off from the fold and there will be no herd in the stalls.

2 Samuel 6:5

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence. I will walk around your altar, O Jehovah.

Psalm 33:2

Give thanks to Jehovah with the harp. Sing praises to him with a harp of ten strings.

Psalm 42:6

I am very discouraged. That is why I will remember you in the land of Jordan, on the peaks of Hermon, on Mount Mizar.

Psalm 66:13-15

I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will keep my vows to you,

Psalm 71:22-23

I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the stringed instrument, Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 81:2

Sing a song and strike the tambourine. Play the sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

Psalm 116:12-19

How can I repay Jehovah for all the good that he has done for me?

Isaiah 61:10

I will rejoice greatly in Jehovah. I will exult in my God for he has clothed me with garments of salvation. He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Romans 5:11

We also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation (restoration) (atonement) (divine favor).

Revelation 5:8

When he took the book the four living creatures and twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Every one of them had harps, and golden bowls full of incense. These are the prayers of the holy ones.

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