Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 43:3
O send out thy (c) light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
(c) That is, your favour which appears by the performance of your promises.
O send out thy (c) light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
(c) That is, your favour which appears by the performance of your promises.
Verse Psalms 43:3. _O SEND OUT THY LIGHT AND THY TRUTH_] We are in _darkness_ and _distress_, O send _light_ and _prosperity_; we look for the fulfilment of thy _promises_, O send forth thy _truth_....
O 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...
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...
LIGHT... TRUTH. Probably an allusion to the Urim and Thummim (see notes on Exodus 28:30), from which the Psalmist was now absent, in flight from Absalom. LEAD. gently lead, or comfort. BRING: i.e. b...
Prayer for restoration....
_O send out thy light and thy truth_ Cp. Psalms 57:3. God's light and truth, like His lovingkindness in Psalms 42:8, are almost personified. As of old He gave His lovingkindness charge concerning His...
Psalms 43:1. A passionate prayer for deliverance from his enemies and restoration to the privileges of the sanctuary....
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...
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...
_O SEND OUT THY LIGHT AND THY TRUTH: LET THEM LEAD ME; LET THEM BRING ME UNTO THY HOLY HILL, AND TO THY TABERNACLES._ O SEND OUT THY LIGHT - thy favour, dispelling my sadness (Psalms 27:1; Psalms 36:9...
43:3 habitations. (i-23) Or 'tabernacles;' and so Psalms 46:4 ; Psalms 84:1 ; Psalms 132:7 . see Exodus 25:9 ;...
THY HOLY HILL] the Temple on Mt. Zion. THY TABERNACLES] or dwelling-place....
1. AN UNGODLY NATION] RM 'an unmerciful nation,' a loveless, heathen people....
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...
O SEND OUT THY LIGHT AND THY TRUTH: LET THEM LEAD ME. — Instead of the violent and contemptuous escort of Assyrian soldiers, leading the exile away from the “holy hill,” the poet prays for God’s light...
שְׁלַח ־אֹורְךָ֣ וַ֭ אֲמִתְּךָ הֵ֣מָּה יַנְח֑וּנִי...
“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...
_Plantedst them, thy people. See Jeremias ii. 21., and xii. 10., and Ezechiel xvii. 6. --- Out, by means of insects, &c., Wisdom xii. 8., and Josue xxiv. 12. (Calmet) --- The Hebrews were miraculously...
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...
_LIGHT AND TRUTH_ ‘O send out Thy light and Thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy dwelling.’ Psalms 43:3 (Prayer Book Version) The forty-second and forty-thir...
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...
O SEND OUT THY LIGHT AND THY TRUTH,.... By light is meant, not the law, as Arama; but rather, as some Jewish p interpreters understand it, the Messiah, the sun of righteousness, and light of the world...
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Ver. 3. _O send out thy light_] _i.e._ Thy comforting grace, opposed to that, Psalm...
_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...
O send out Thy light, that of His grace and mercy tending toward the salvation of men, AND THY TRUTH, the faithfulness which keeps His promises without fail; LET THEM LEAD ME; LET THEM BRING ME UNTO T...
CONCLUSION OF THE PRECEDING PSALM. The psalmist again opens with an appeal, followed by a vow of faithfulness to Jehovah and His worship....
SEND OUT, i.e. actually impart and discover them; for at present thou seemest to conceal and withhold them from me. THY LIGHT AND THY TRUTH, i.e. thy favour, or the light of thy countenance, and the t...
Psalms 43:3 out H7971 (H8798) light H216 truth H571 lead H5148 (H8686) bring H935 (H8686) holy...
‘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 43:3 The forty-second and forty-third Psalms give us an insight into the very heart of the Psalmist. David there appears as the man whose affections were set upon God, and who in all the chang...
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...
_O send out Thy light and Thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy holy hill and to Thy tabernacles._ THE SENDING OUT OF LIGHT AND TRUTH I. The feelings here expressed. 1. A deep sen...
_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...
1 Chronicles 16:1; 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 2 Samuel 15:20;...
Send out — That is, actually discover them. 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 thy spirit, and the...