Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 43:4
Then will I go unto the altar of God, to offer sacrifices of thanksgiving for my deliverance. My exceeding joy; the principal author and matter of all my joy and comfort.
Then will I go unto the altar of God, to offer sacrifices of thanksgiving for my deliverance. My exceeding joy; the principal author and matter of all my joy and comfort.
Verse Psalms 43:4. _THEN WILL I GO UNTO THE ALTAR_] When thy _light _- a _favourable turn on our affairs_, leads us to the land of our fathers, and thy _truth _- the _fulfillment of thy gracious prom...
THEN WILL I GO UNTO THE ALTAR OF GOD - The altar on Mount Zion, where sacrifices were offered: 2 Samuel 6:17. The meaning is, that he would again unite with others in the public and customary worship...
Psalms 43 The Cry Against the Ungodly Nation and Antichrist _ 1. The cry to God (Psalms 43:1)_ 2. Send out Thy light and truth (Psalms 43:3) Here their enemies are mentioned, the ungodly nation, s...
Hopeful prayer for restoration to the Temple. It is impossible to say who are meant by the ungodly nation, the nation that is not _hasid_ (see Psalms 43*) or pious. Following this clue we might unders...
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4....
Psalms 43:1. A passionate prayer for deliverance from his enemies and restoration to the privileges of the sanctuary....
Prayer for restoration....
_Then will I go_ Or, That I may come (Psalms 42:2). _unto God my exceeding joy_ Even unto the God of my gladsome rejoicing. God Himself is the goal of pilgrimage: the altar is but the means of approa...
DISCOURSE: 573 ACCESS TO GOD IN ORDINANCES Psalms 43:3._ O send out thy light and thy truth! Let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the al...
MY EXCEEDING JOY— Or, as it is literally translated in the Margin of our Bibles, _The gladness of my joy; i.e._ The great author of all the joy that I have. REFLECTIONS.—We have here, 1. David's appe...
THE PSALMS BOOK THE SECOND Psalms 42, 43 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Debarred Worshipper Mastering his Sorrow. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 42:1-5, A Debarred Worshipper, Nursing his Grief, nevertheless Striv...
_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._ Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy - literally, 't...
1. AN UNGODLY NATION] RM 'an unmerciful nation,' a loveless, heathen people....
O GOD MY GOD] instead of 'O Lord my God'—showing that the Ps. is 'Elohistic'...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
GOD MY GOD. — An expression used in this collection instead of the more usual “Jehovah my God.” (Comp. Psalms 45:7, and for its import see _General Introduction,_ and Psalms 50:7, Note.)...
וְ אָבֹ֤ואָה ׀ אֶל ־מִזְבַּ֬ח אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֶל ־
“THE HELP OF MY COUNTENANCE” Psalms 43:1 The exiled king still pours out his soul to God. Already David has addressed Him as _God of my life;_ here God appeals to David as _God of my strength,_ Psalm...
This psalm is either a part of the previous one or is closely connected with it. It breathes the same note of confidence, ending with the same words practically as the two parts of the former. It reac...
Then (d) 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. (d) He promises to offer a solemn sacrifice of thanksgiving in token of his g...
What a devout fervour is here put forth for the leadings of God's Holy Spirit! And what a blessed object is proposed; for the enjoyment of spiritual light and gracious leadings! Is not Jesus our New T...
4._And I will go to the altar of God. _Here he promises to God a solemn sacrifice, in commemoration of the deliverance which he should obtain from him; for he speaks not only of the daily or ordinary...
The enemy in Psalms 42 is the outward enemy and oppressor the Gentile. Though in circumstances, of course, and not in the depths of atonement, it is interesting to see the analogy in Verse 3 (Psalms 4...
THEN WILL I GO UNTO THE ALTAR OF GOD,.... Which was in the tabernacle, either of burnt offerings, or of incense, there to offer up the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for mercies received. The al...
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. Ver. 4. _Then will I go unto the altar of God_] Not without store of sacrifices....
_O send out_ Actually impart and discover; _thy light and thy truth_ Thy favour, or the light of thy countenance, and the truth of thy promises made to me; or, the _true light_, the illumination of th...
Then will I go unto the altar of God, to the place of His worship, UNTO GOD, MY EXCEEDING JOY, in whom all the highest delights of the believer are personified; YEA, UPON THE HARP WILL I PRAISE THEE,...
CONCLUSION OF THE PRECEDING PSALM. The psalmist again opens with an appeal, followed by a vow of faithfulness to Jehovah and His worship....
MY EXCEEDING JOY: _ Heb._ the gladness of my joy...
Psalms 43:4 go H935 (H8799) altar H4196 God H430 God H410 exceeding H8057 joy H1524 harp H3658 praise...
‘These things I remember, And pour out my soul upon me, How I was wont to go regularly with the throng, And walked in procession with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, A...
‘Oh send out your light and your truth, Let them lead me, Let them bring me to your holy hill, And to your tabernacles. Then will I go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy, And on the ha...
Psalms 43:4 I. The text pronounces one good word joy. "The joy of the Lord is strength." The cheerful spirit is the healthful and the dutiful spirit. I do not mean the spirit of animal jollity, nor t...
Psalms 43:1. _Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art the God of my strength:_ In the previous Psalm, David had cal...
CONTENTS: Prayer for God's help and leading. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: We need desire no more to give us satisfaction of heart than the good that flows from God's favor. If we conscient...
REFLECTIONS. PSALM 42. 43. These two psalms were originally one, and it is difficult to account for their being divided. They both close with the same reviving chorus. David composed them beyond the J...
_Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy._ THE ALTAR OF JOY This is the expression of a twofold desire, a desire for communion with God, and for communion with God through pub...
_Judge me, O God, and plead my cause._ THE SOUL’S DOUBLE APPEAL I. An appeal to God. 1. For Divine vindication. 2. For Divine deliverance. 3. For Divine information. 4. For Divine guidance. II....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 43:1 In the third stanza of Psalms 42:1, the singer asks God to VINDICATE him against the ungodly people ...
INTRODUCTION This psalm was composed by the same author as the preceding one, and has reference to the same occasion. It is fitted to impart help and encouragement to the afflicted and desponding in...
EXPOSITION THE close connection of this psalm with the preceding has been already noticed (see the introduction to Psalms 42:1.). We must not, however, suppose an accidental detachment. Rather Psalms...
Psa 43:1-5 seems to be similar to Psalms 42:1-11. There are some who believe that it actually belonged to Psalms 42:1-11, and in some of the manuscripts they were even put together as one psalm. Judge...
2 Samuel 6:5; Habakkuk 3:17; Habakkuk 3:18; Isaiah 61:10; Psalms