Psalms 43:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 57:8 : 8 Awake, my soul! Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!
  • Hab 3:17-18 : 17 When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls, 18 I will rejoice because of the LORD; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
  • Rom 5:11 : 11 Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
  • Rev 5:8 : 8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense(which are the prayers of the saints).
  • Ps 66:13-15 : 13 I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you, 14 which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices, along with the smell of sacrificial rams. I will offer cattle and goats.(Selah)
  • Ps 71:22-23 : 22 I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel! 23 My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!
  • Ps 81:2 : 2 Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
  • Ps 116:12-19 : 12 How can I repay the LORD for all his acts of kindness to me? 13 I will celebrate my deliverance, and call on the name of the LORD. 14 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD before all his people. 15 The LORD values the lives of his faithful followers. 16 Yes, LORD! I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You saved me from death. 17 I will present a thank offering to you, and call on the name of the LORD. 18 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD before all his people, 19 in the courts of the LORD’s temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
  • Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
  • 2 Sam 6:5 : 5 while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the LORD, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD,
  • Ps 33:2 : 2 Give thanks to the LORD with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!
  • Ps 42:6 : 6 I am depressed, so I will pray to you while in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Ps 71:22-23
    2 verses
    79%

    22I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel!

    23My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!

  • Ps 43:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

    3Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

  • Ps 42:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

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    2I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O Most High!

  • 6Now I will triumph over my enemies who surround me! I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! I will sing praises to the LORD!

  • 11Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • 28You are my God and I will give you thanks! You are my God and I will praise you!

  • Ps 42:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8By day the LORD decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the God of my life.

    9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

  • Ps 104:33-34
    2 verses
    74%

    33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist!

    34May my thoughts be pleasing to him! I will rejoice in the LORD.

  • 9O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,

  • Ps 108:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1A song, a psalm of David. I am determined, O God! I will sing and praise you with my whole heart.

    2Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!

  • 12So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O LORD my God, I will always give thanks to you.

  • Ps 92:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.

    4For you, O LORD, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

  • 1By David. I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.

  • 12I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,

  • 5As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

  • 6Sing to God! Sing! Sing to our king! Sing!

  • 2I thirst for God, for the living God. I say,“When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

  • Ps 146:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!

    2I will praise the LORD as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!

  • Ps 57:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7I am determined, O God! I am determined! I will sing and praise you!

    8Awake, my soul! Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!

  • 1A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me,“We will go to the LORD’s temple.”

  • Ps 69:29-30
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    72%

    29I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

    30I will sing praises to God’s name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks!

  • 17I will thank the LORD for his justice; I will sing praises to the LORD Most High!

  • 18I will rejoice because of the LORD; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

  • 2I cry out for help to God Most High, to the God who vindicates me.

  • 50So I will give you thanks, O LORD, before the nations! I will sing praises to you.

  • 7The LORD strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.

  • 7Offer to the LORD a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!

  • 3He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the LORD!

  • 49So I will give you thanks before the nations, O LORD! I will sing praises to you!

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    4To the LORD I cried out, and he answered me from his holy hill.(Selah)

  • Ps 59:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble.

    17You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.

  • 2Give thanks to the LORD with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

  • 14As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you.

  • 5Sing to the LORD accompanied by a harp, accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!

  • 6I say to the LORD,“You are my God.” O LORD, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • 1A psalm– a song used at the dedication of the temple; by David. I will praise you, O LORD, for you lifted me up, and did not allow my enemies to gloat over me.