Psalms 43:3 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 43:3

Send 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.

BSB

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ASV

Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.

KJV

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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; who is the author of all light, natural, spiritual, and eternal; and whose coming into the world is often signified by being sent into it. The Spirit of God also is the enlightener of men, both at first conversion and afterwards, and is sent down into their hearts as a comforter of them, by being the Spirit of adoption.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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 direction of thy gracious providence, whereby I may be led in the right way, to thy holy hill. Hill - Of Zion, the place of God's presence and worship.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

O send out thy light and thy truth. The joy of thy presence and the faithfulness of thy heart; let both of these be manifest to me. Reveal my true character by thy light, and reward me according to thy truthful promise.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שְׁלַח־	she.lach-	send	H7971 →
אוֹרְךָ֣	'or.Kha	light your	H216 →
וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָ	Va.'a.mi.te.kha	and truth your	H571 →
הֵ֣מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
יַנְח֑וּנִי	yan.Chu.ni	may they lead me	H5148 →
יְבִיא֥וּנִי	ye.vi.'U.ni	may they bring me	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַֽר־	har-	[the] mountain of	H2022 →
קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗	kod.she.cha	holiness your	H6944 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃	mish.ke.no.Tei.kha	dwelling place<s> your	H4908 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 1:4
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
leads to
- John 8:12
  Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 12:46
  I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 5:26
  For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
- 1 John 1:5–7
  And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
- John 9:5
  While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Through
Psalms 143:10
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
leads to
- Psalms 25:4–5
  Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
- John 14:26
  But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
Through
Psalms 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
leads to
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms