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Psalm 30Thanksgiving for Recovery from Grave IllnessA Psalm. A Song at the dedication of the temple. Of David. 1 I will extol you, O L ord, for you have drawn me up, and did not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 O L ord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. 3 O L ord, you brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
4 Sing praises to the L ord, O you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name. 5 For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” 7 By your favor, O L ord, you had established me as a strong mountain; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
8 To you, O L ord, I cried, and to the L ord I made supplication: 9 “What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness? 10 Hear, O L ord, and be gracious to me! O L ord, be my helper!”
11 You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, 12 so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O L ord my God, I will give thanks to you forever. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by
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8. O Jehovah! I cried unto thee. Now follows the fruit of David’s chastisement. He had been previously sleeping profoundly, and fostering his indolence by forgetfulness; but being now awakened all on a sudden with fear and terror, he begins to cry to God. As the iron which has contracted rust cannot be put to any use until it be heated again in the fire, and beaten with the hammer, so in like manner, when carnal security has once got the mastery, no one can give himself cheerfully to prayer, until he has been softened by the cross, and thoroughly subdued. And this is the chief advantage of afflictions, that while they make us sensible of our wretchedness, they stimulate us again to supplicate the favor of God. |