Psalms 43:4

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 approaching Him and realising His presence.

Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee) And give thanks unto thee upon the harp, as of old (Psalms 42:4).

O God my God A phrase found only in the Elohistic Psalms, and clearly the equivalent of Jehovah my God, due, not to the original Psalmist, but to the Elohistic editor. See Introd. p. lvi.