Psalms 43:3

Psalms 43:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
• New International Version (NIV)Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live.

Context of Psalms 43:3

1Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me! 2For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling! 4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. 5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Psalms 43:3 word by word

שְׁלַח־אוֹרְךָ֣ וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָ הֵ֣מָּה יַנְח֑וּנִי יְבִיא֥וּנִי אֶל־הַֽר־קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ וְאֶל־מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O send outשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• thy lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• and thy truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: trueH571
• let them leadנָחָהnâchâh · to leadH5148
• me; let them bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• me unto thy holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• hillהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and to thy tabernaclesמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908

Cross-references for Psalms 43:3

• Psalms 40:11As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
• Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
• Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
• Psalms 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
• 2 Samuel 15:20You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you."
• Micah 7:8Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
• John 1:4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
• Psalms 25:4Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
• Psalms 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
• Proverbs 3:5Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
• Psalms 2:6"As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."
• Psalms 3:4I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
• Psalms 68:15O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
• Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
• Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:
• 1 Chronicles 16:1And they brought in the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

Commentaries on Psalms 43:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3O send out thy light and thy truth - We are in darkness and distress, O send light and prosperity; we look for the fulfillment of thy promises, O send forth thy truth. Let thy fight guide me to thy holy hill, to the country of my fathers; let thy truth lead me to thy tabernacles, there to worship thee in spirit and in truth.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3O send out thy light and thy truth - Send them forth as from thy presence; or, let them be made manifest. The word light here is equivalent to favor or mercy, as when one prays for the “light of God‘s countenance” (see the notes at Psalm 4:6); and the idea is, that now, in the time of darkness and trouble, when the light of God‘s countenance seemed to be withdrawn or hidden, he prays that God would impart light; that he would restore his favor; that he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3This prayer for God's redemption sees light and truth as guides (see Psalms 18:25–29; 27:1; 85:10–13; 89:14–18; see also 119:105; John 3:19; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5–7). The temple on the mountain in Jerusalem symbolized God's holy presence among his people (Psalms 15:1; 43:3; 99:5, 9; 132:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. light--as in Psa 27:1. truth--or, "faithfulness" (Psa 25:5), manifest it by fulfilling promises. Light and truth are personified as messengers who will bring him to the privileged place of worship. tabernacles--plural, in allusion to the various courts.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 43:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Praise
• Wisdom
• Word of God

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Commentaries on Psalms 43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings