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Psalms 43:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 43:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 43:412 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אָב֤וֹאָהwəʾābwōʾāh
and I will goconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מִזְבַּ֬חmizəbaḥ
the altar ofnounH4196
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֵל֮ʾēl
the God ofnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
שִׂמְחַ֪תśiməḥat
the joy ofnounH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
גִּ֫ילִ֥/יgiyliy
rejoicing mynounH1524
exceedingly · greatly · joy · rejoice ···
וְ/אוֹדְ/ךָ֥wəʾwōdəkā
and I will give thanks to youconjH3034
confess · praise · shoot · thank(-ful ···
בְ/כִנּ֗וֹרbəkinwōr
with a harppronH3658
אֱלֹהִ֥יםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֱלֹהָֽ/יʾĕlōhāy
God mynounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
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 43:4

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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