Psalm 30
Bible in Basic English
Chapter overview
Psalm 30 gives thanks for restoration from grave illness and danger. Nightlong weeping yields to morning joy, self-confidence is corrected, mourning becomes dancing, and renewed life refuses silence in grateful praise.
HealingJoyMourningThanksgiving
1I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.
2O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.
3O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.
4Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give praise to his holy name.
5For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
6When things went well for me I said, I will never be moved.
7Lord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong: when your face was turned from me I was troubled.
8My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.
9What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?
10Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper.
11By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my clothing of grief, and given me robes of joy;
12So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give you praise for ever.
Verses to memorize from Psalm 30
- Psalm 30:5For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping…
- Psalm 30:11By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my…
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