8 Heb “send.”
9 God’s deliverance is compared here to a light which will lead the psalmist back home to the Lord’s temple. Divine deliverance will in turn demonstrate the Lord’s faithfulness to his people.
10 Or “may they lead me.” The prefixed verbal forms here and in the next line may be taken as jussives.
11 Heb “bring.”
12 In this context the Lord’s holy hill is Zion/Jerusalem. See Isa 66:20; Joel 2:1; 3:17; Zech 8:3; Pss 2:6; 15:1; 48:1; 87:1; Dan 9:16.
13 Or “to your dwelling place[s].” The plural form of the noun may indicate degree or quality; this is the Lord’s special dwelling place (see Pss 46:4; 84:1; 132:5, 7).
14 The cohortative expresses the psalmist’s resolve. Prefixed with the vav (ו) conjunctive it also expresses the result or outcome of the preceding verbs “lead” and “escort.”
15 Heb “to God, the joy of my happiness.” The phrase “joy of my happiness” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the degree of the psalmist’s joy. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17–81.
16 The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive probably indicates purpose (“so that”) or intention.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Send out your light and your truth;

let them lead me;

let them bring me to your holy hill

and to your dwelling!

Then I will go to the altar of God,

to God my exceeding joy,

and I will praise you with the lyre,

O God, my God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Send me your light and your faithful care,

let them lead me;

let them bring me to your holy mountain,

to the place where you dwell.

Then I will go to the altar of God,

to God, my joy and my delight.

I will praise you with the lyre,

O God, my God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Send your light and your truth; let them lead me.

Let them bring me to your holy mountain,

to your dwelling place.

Then I will come to the altar of God,

to God, my greatest joy.

I will praise you with the lyre,

God, my God.

NLTNew Living Translation

Send out your light and your truth;

let them guide me.

Let them lead me to your holy mountain,

to the place where you live.

There I will go to the altar of God,

to God—the source of all my joy.

I will praise you with my harp,

O God, my God!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Send your light and your truth;

they shall lead me.

They shall bring me to your holy mountain

and to your dwelling places.

Then I will go to the altar of God,

to God, my surpassing joy,

and I will praise you with lyre,

O God, my God.

KJV 1900King James Version

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 altar of God,

Unto God my exceeding joy:

Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

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