Psalms

Psalm 43:3–5

³Send out Your light and Your truth;

let them lead me.

Let them bring me to Your holy mountain

and to the place where You dwell.

⁴Then I will go to the altar of God,

to God, my greatest joy.

I will praise You with the harp,

O God, my God.

⁵Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why the unease within me?

Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him,

my Savior and my God.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Send out	שְׁלַח־	šə·laḥ-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7971 send
Your light	אוֹרְךָ֣	’ō·wr·ḵā	Noun - common singular construct; second person masculine singular	H216 light
and Your truth	וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָ	wa·’ă·mit·tə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H571 firmness, faithfulness, truth
let them	הֵ֣מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
lead me	יַנְח֑וּנִי	yan·ḥū·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; first person common singular	H5148 lead, guide
Let them bring me	יְבִיא֥וּנִי	yə·ḇî·’ū·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; first person common singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Your holy	קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗	qāḏ·šə·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
mountain	הַֽר־	har-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
and to	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
the place where You dwell	מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃	miš·kə·nō·w·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4908 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then I will go	וְאָב֤וֹאָה׀	wə·’ā·ḇō·w·’āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the altar	מִזְבַּ֬ח	miz·baḥ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4196 altar
of God	אֱלֹהִ֗ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
God	אֵל֮	’êl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H410 god
my greatest joy	שִׂמְחַ֪ת	śim·ḥaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8057 joy, gladness, mirth
I will praise	וְאוֹדְךָ֥	wə·’ō·wḏ·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H3034 throw, cast
You with the harp	בְכִנּ֗וֹר	ḇə·ḵin·nō·wr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3658 lyre
O God	אֱלֹהִ֥ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
my God	אֱלֹהָֽי׃	’ĕ·lō·hāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
are you downcast	תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀	tiš·tō·w·ḥă·ḥî	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H7817 bow, be bowed down, crouch
O my soul	נַפְשִׁי֮	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
Why	וּֽמַה־	ū·mah-	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
the unease	תֶּהֱמִ֪י	te·hĕ·mî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H1993 murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous
within me	עָ֫לָ֥י	‘ā·lāy	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
Put your hope	הוֹחִ֣ילִי	hō·w·ḥî·lî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular	H3176 wait
in God	לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים	lê·lō·hîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I will yet	ע֣וֹד	‘ō·wḏ	Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance
praise Him	אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ	’ō·w·ḏen·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H3034 throw, cast
my Savior	יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת	yə·šū·‘ōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H3444 salvation
and my God	וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃	wê·lō·hāy	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 43:3 Psalm 36:9 · Proverbs 3:5–6 · Psalm 97:11 · John 1:4 · Psalm 143:10 · Psalm 119:105 · Psalm 84:1 · Psalm 40:11 · Psalm 25:4–5 · John 1:17 · Psalm 132:13–14 · Micah 7:8

Psalm 43:4 Isaiah 61:10 · Habakkuk 3:17–18 · Psalm 66:13–15 · Psalm 57:8 · Psalm 116:12–19 · Psalm 71:22–23 · Psalm 33:2 · Psalm 81:2 · Psalm 42:6 · Psalm 26:6 · 2 Samuel 6:5 · Romans 5:11

Psalm 43:5 Psalm 42:5 · Psalm 42:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.