Psalm 30
NET Bible
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 praise you, O Lord, for you lifted me up, and did not allow my enemies to gloat over me.
2O Lord my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.
3O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.
4Sing to the Lord, you faithful followers of his; give thanks to his holy name.
5For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.
6In my self-confidence I said, “I will never be upended.”
7O Lord, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified.
8To you, O Lord, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:
9“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
10Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me! O Lord, deliver me!”
11Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
12So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O Lord my God, I will always give thanks to you.
Verses to memorize from Psalm 30
- Psalm 30:5For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores…
- Psalm 30:11Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and…
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