Psalm 43:4 “Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will pr…”

Psalm 43:4

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then wil I go vnto the altar of God, euen vnto the God of my ioy and gladnes: and vpon the harpe wil I giue thanks vnto thee, 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.

Young's 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.

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.

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Cross references

“Then”

Psalm 66:13–15 Psalm 116:12–19

Psalm 66:13–15 · BSB

I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—

Psalm 116:12–19 · BSB

How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?

“my exceeding joy”

Isaiah 61:10 Romans 5:11 Psalm 71:23 Habakkuk 3:17 Habakkuk 3:18

Isaiah 61:10 · BSB

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns…

Romans 5:11 · BSB

Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Psalm 71:23 · BSB

When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

Habakkuk 3:17 · BSB

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Habakkuk 3:18 · BSB

yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

“upon”

Psalm 57:8 Psalm 81:2 2 Samuel 6:5 Revelation 5:8 Psalm 71:22

Psalm 57:8 · BSB

Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

Psalm 81:2 · BSB

Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

2 Samuel 6:5 · BSB

David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

Revelation 5:8 · BSB

When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Psalm 71:22 · BSB

So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

“O God”

Psalm 42:6

Psalm 42:6 · BSB

O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.

Also

Psalm 33:2 Psalm 26:6

Psalm 33:2 · BSB

Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.

Psalm 26:6 · BSB

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.

5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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