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Psalms 43:4

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 43:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Then will I go unto the altar Of God. As the special place where thanksgiving ought to be made, and sacrifice offered (see ; ). Unto God my exceeding Joy; literally, unto God the gladness of my exultation.

Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. The psalmist has before him some such scene as that depicted in . and , where, amid shouts and singing and dancing, and "with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, with psalteries and harps," a joyful procession approached the tabernacle, David himself taking part in it.

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