Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 Send Your light and Your truth; let them lead me.
Let them bring me to Your holy mountain,
to Your dwelling place.
4 Then I will come to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.
I will praise You with the lyre,
God, my God.
5 Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.


Cross References

Psalm 57:8

Wake up, my soul!
Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

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

2 Samuel 6:5

David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord with all kinds of fir wood instruments, lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence
and go around Your altar, Lord,

Psalm 33:2

Praise the Lord with the lyre;
make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.

Psalm 42:6

I am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Psalm 66:13-15

I will enter Your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay You my vows

Psalm 71:22-23

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

Psalm 81:2

Lift up a song—play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.

Psalm 116:12-19

How can I repay the Lord
for all the good He has done for me?

Isaiah 61:10

I greatly rejoice in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Romans 5:11

And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have now received this reconciliation through Him.

Revelation 5:8

When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

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