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Psalms 43:3 — King James Version← Study notes

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.


Psalms 43:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 43:311 words
HebrewMeaning
שְׁלַחšəlaḥ
sendverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
אוֹרְ/ךָ֣ʾwōrəkā
light yournounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
וַ֭/אֲמִתְּ/ךָwaʾămitəkā
and truth yourconjH571
establishment · faithful · right · sure ···
הֵ֣מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
יַנְח֑וּ/נִיyanəḥwniy
may they lead meverbH5148
bring · govern · guide · lead ···
יְבִיא֥וּ/נִיyəbiyʾwniy
may they bring meverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַֽרhar
the mountain ofnounH2022
mount · promotion
קָ֝דְשְׁ/ךָ֗qādəšəkā
holiness yournounH6944
dedicated · hallowed · holiness · holy ( day ···
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
and toconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽי/ךָmišəkənwōteykā
dwelling place yournounH4908
dwelling · habitation · tabernacle · tent
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 43:3

1. This Psalm is a short one; it satisfies the mental cravings of the hearers, without imposing too severe a trial on the hunger of those fasting. Let our soul feed upon it; our soul, which he who sings in this Psalm, speaks of as “cast down;” cast down, I suppose, either in consequence of some fist, or rather in consequence of some hunger he was in. For fasting is a voluntary act; being an-hungered is an involuntary thing. That which is an-hungered, is the Church, is the…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 43 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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