Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 43:3

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

(i. e.) Actually impart and discover them: for at present thou seemest to Conceal and with-hold them from me. (i. e.) Thy Favour, or the Light of thy Countenance, and the Truth of thy Promises made to me, as God's Mercy and Truth oft go together, as, 2 Sam. 15. 20. Psal. 61. 7. and 89. 14. &c. Or this may be a Figure called Hendiaduo, whereby Light and Truth is put either for the Light of Gods Truth; Or rather, for true Light, the Illumination of Gods Spirit, and the direction of his gracious Providence, whereby he might be led (as it follows) in the right way, which would bring him to God's holy Hill.

To wit, of Zion, the place of God's Presence and Worship.

(i. e.) Tabernacle. Which he calls Tabernacles, Either, 1. Because there were now two Tabernacles, one at Zion, where the Ark was; and another at Gibeon, 1 Chron. 16. 37. 39. Although he here seems to speak but of one of them, even of that which was upon God's holy Hill. Or, 2. Because of the several parts of it, the most Holy, and the Holy place, and the Church. These indeed were in that of Gibeon, but not in that of Zion. Or rather▪ 3. By a meer Enal[illegible: 1+ letters]age of the Number, the plural for the singular; which is frequent as in other Words, so in those which belong to this Matter, as Tabernacles, Psal. 46. 4. and Sanctuaries, Levit. 26. 31. Psal. 73. 17. &c. and 74. 7. Ier. 51. 51. Nay the most Holy place, though but one simple part is by the Greeks called Holies. So in other Authors, we Read the Rivers of Nilus, of that one River, and Right hands, for one Right hand, and many like Phrases.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 57. 3▪