Psalms 43:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 57:8 : 8 You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.
  • Hab 3:17-18 : 17 For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house: 18 Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.
  • Rom 5:11 : 11 And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.
  • Rev 5:8 : 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.
  • Ps 66:13-15 : 13 I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you, 14 Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble. 15 I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)
  • Ps 71:22-23 : 22 I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel. 23 Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.
  • Ps 81:2 : 2 Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.
  • Ps 116:12-19 : 12 What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me? 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to the name of the Lord. 14 I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people. 15 Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints. 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken. 17 I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord. 18 I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people; 19 In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.
  • Isa 61:10 : 10 I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
  • 2 Sam 6:5 : 5 And David and all the men of Israel made melody before the Lord with all their power, with songs and with corded instruments and instruments of brass.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
  • Ps 33:2 : 2 Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.
  • Ps 42:6 : 6 My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • Ps 71:22-23
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    79%

    22 I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.

    23 Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

  • Ps 43:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

    2 You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

    3 O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

  • Ps 42:4-5
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    4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

    5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

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    2 I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

  • 6 And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

  • 11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • 28 You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.

  • Ps 42:8-9
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    8 But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

    9 I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • Ps 104:33-34
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    74%

    33 I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

    34 Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

  • 9 I will make a new song to you, O God; I will make melody to you on an instrument of ten cords.

  • Ps 108:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory.

    2 Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn will be awaking with my song.

  • 12 So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give you praise for ever.

  • Ps 92:3-4
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    73%

    3 On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.

    4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.

  • 1 <Of David.> I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.

  • 12 I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

  • 5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

  • 6 Give praises to God, make songs of praise; give praises to our King, make songs of praise.

  • 2 My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

  • Ps 146:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

    2 While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

  • Ps 57:7-8
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    7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs, and give praise.

    8 You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

  • Ps 69:29-30
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    29 But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.

    30 I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.

  • 17 I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.

  • 18 Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.

  • 2 I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.

  • 50 Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

  • 7 The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

  • 7 Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music.

  • 3 And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

  • 49 Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

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    4 I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)

  • Ps 59:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

    17 To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.

  • 2 Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.

  • 14 But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

  • 5 Make melody to the Lord with instruments of music; with a corded instrument and the voice of song.

  • 6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

  • 1 <A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of David.> I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.