Psalms 30 (ASV)

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Chapter Text

30:1 I will extol thee, O Jehovah; for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

30:2 O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

30:3 O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

30:4 Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye saints of his, And give thanks to his holy memorial [name].

30:5 For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy [cometh] in the morning.

30:6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

30:7 Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

30:8 I cried to thee, O Jehovah; And unto Jehovah I made supplication:

30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

30:10 Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.

30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

30:12 To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. Psalm 31 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mercy", "healed", "extol", "thee", "jehovah", "thou", "hast", and "raised". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mercy" and "healed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local ASV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "mercy" and "healed" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mercy" and "healed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.