Psalms · 12 verses
Psalms 30
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The plea against the Pit turns on a wonderfully practical question: if the speaker becomes dust, who will do the praising?
Lifted from the Pitvv. 1–5
The song begins with rescue already accomplished: the LORD has lifted David up, healed him, and spared him from the Pit. Then the whole company of saints is summoned to sing, because anger is brief but favour has a remarkably long lease, and the night does not get the last word.
The mountain wobblesvv. 6–10
Prosperity made the speaker sound immovable. Then the LORD hid His face, and the mountain's celebrated firmness proved less than permanent. From that dismay comes a plea in which survival is argued by usefulness: blood in the Pit cannot praise, and dust is a poor substitute for a singer.
Sackcloth removedvv. 11–12
The answer arrives not as an explanation but as a change of clothing and movement. Mourning becomes dancing; sackcloth is peeled away and joy put on, until the heart can sing instead of keeping silent. The song ends with thanks promised without an end.
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Ps 30:1A Psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David. I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.
Ps 30:2O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
Ps 30:3O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
Ps 30:4Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
Ps 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Ps 30:6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
Ps 30:7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
Ps 30:8To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:
Ps 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
Ps 30:10Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
Ps 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Ps 30:12that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
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Where this is echoed
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- 5Isaiah 54:7–8“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
- 52 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- 5Psalms 126:5–6Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
- 5Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- 5John 16:20–22Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- 5Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
- 5Psalms 103:9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
- 11Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- 5Psalms 59:16But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
- 22 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
- 2Psalms 103:3–4He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- 2Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- 2Psalms 6:2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
- 11Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
- 52 Corinthians 7:9–10yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
- 11Jeremiah 31:13–14Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
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