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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
• 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.

Context of Psalms 43:3

1Vindicate me, O God, and champion my cause against an ungodly nation. From a deceitful and unjust man, deliver me! 2For You are my God, my stronghold. Why have You spurned me? Why do I go about gloomy because of the oppression of the enemy? Send forth Your light and Your truth— let them guide me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to Your dwelling places. 4Then I will come to the altar of God, to the God of my exceeding joy, and praise You upon the harp —O God, my God. 5Why are You downcast, O my soul? Why are you murmuring within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance.

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 40:11I did not hide Your righteousness within my heart. Rather I declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation. I did not conceal Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
• Psalms 57:3I will cry out to El Elyon, to God who accomplishes it for me.
• Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart.
• Psalms 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
• 2 Samuel 15:20Your arrival was only yesterday—should I make you wander around with us today, to go wherever I may go? Go back and take your kinsmen back with you. Kindness and truth be with you!”
• Micah 7:8Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I have fallen—I will arise. Though I sit in darkness, Adonai is my light.
• John 1:4In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
• Psalms 25:4Show me Your ways, Adonai. Teach me Your paths.
• Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Let Your good Ruach lead me on level ground.
• Proverbs 3:5Trust in Adonai with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding.
• Psalms 2:6“I have set up My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
• Psalms 3:4But You, Adonai, are a shield around me, my glory and the lifter of my head.
• Psalms 68:15When Shaddai scattered kings there, it was snowing on Zalmon.
• Psalms 78:68Instead He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
• Psalms 132:13For Adonai has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His dwelling:
• 1 Chronicles 16:1They brought the Ark of God and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then 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
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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