Only yesterday you came to join me. Must you now wander from place to place with me? No! Take your brothers and go back. May kindness and loyalty be shown to you.”
Psalm 43:3 - Easy To Read Version God, let your light and truth shine on me.\par Your light and truth will guide me.\par They will lead me to your holy mountain.\par They will lead me to your home.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O send out thy light and thy truth: Let them lead me; Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling. American Standard Version (1901) Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles. Common English Bible Send your light and truth—those will guide me! Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling place. Catholic Public Domain Version Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out. |
Only yesterday you came to join me. Must you now wander from place to place with me? No! Take your brothers and go back. May kindness and loyalty be shown to you.”
King David said to Zadok, “Take God’s Holy Box [88] back to Jerusalem. If the Lord is pleased with me, then he will bring me back and let me see Jerusalem and his temple.
The Levites brought the Box of the Agreement {\cf2\super [182]} and put it inside the tent David had set up for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to God.
David left Zadok the priest and the other priests that served with him in front of the Lord’s Tent {\cf2\super [188]} at the high place {\cf2\super [189]} in Gibeon.
I will pray to the Lord.\par And he will answer me from his holy mountain!\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [9]})\i0 \par
Lord, the fountain of life flows from you!\par Your light lets us see light.\par
So Lord, don’t hide your mercy from me!\par Let your kindness and loyalty protect me.”\par
My heart breaks as I remember\par \{the good times I had at the temple\}:\par \{I remember\} passing through the crowds\par as I led them all up to God’s temple.\par \{I remember\} the happy songs of praise\par as the crowds celebrated the festivals.\par
There is a river whose streams\par bring happiness to God’s city,\par to the holy city of God Most High.\par
From heaven he helps me and saves me.\par He defeats the people who bother me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [336]})\i0 \par
My life is in danger.\par My enemies are all around me.\par They are like man-eating lions,\par with teeth as sharp as spears\par and arrows,\par and tongues as sharp as a sword.\par
No, God chose Judah’s family group.\par God chose Zion, the mountain\par he loves.\par
Lord All-Powerful, your temple {\cf2\super [483]} \par is really lovely.\par
\{God,\} please be true to Jacob, {\cf2\super [82]} \par Be kind and loyal to Abraham, {\cf2\super [83]} \par like you promised our ancestors {\cf2\super [84]} \par a long time ago.\par
I have fallen.\par But enemy, don’t laugh at me!\par I will get up again.\par I sit in darkness now.\par But the Lord will be a light for me.\par
The law was given through Moses. But grace and \{the way of\} truth came through Jesus Christ.
In him there was life. That life was light (understanding, goodness) for the people of the world.