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Psalms 43:3

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 Thy holy hill, where His Sanctuary had been erected, and to Thy tabernacles, where the Lord dwelled in the midst of His people, letting the light of His essence appear in the revelation of His love in the Messiah, John 1:14.

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See also Psalms 43:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Psalms 43:1. A passionate prayer for deliverance from his enemies and restoration to the privileges of the sanctuary....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Prayer for restoration....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    43:3 habitations. (i-23) Or 'tabernacles;' and so Psalms 46:4 ; Psalms 84:1 ; Psalms 132:7 . see Exodus 25:9 ;...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THY HOLY HILL] the Temple on Mt. Zion. THY TABERNACLES] or dwelling-place....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. AN UNGODLY NATION] RM 'an unmerciful nation,' a loveless, heathen people....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שְׁלַח ־אֹורְךָ֣ וַ֭ אֲמִתְּךָ הֵ֣מָּה יַנְח֑וּנִי...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 43:3 out H7971 (H8798) light H216 truth H571 lead H5148 (H8686) bring H935 (H8686) holy...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:1; 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 2 Samuel 15:20;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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