Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 30:6
I thought myself past all danger of further changes, forgetting my own frailty, and the uncertainty of all worldly things.
I thought myself past all danger of further changes, forgetting my own frailty, and the uncertainty of all worldly things.
Verse Psalms 30:6. _IN MY PROSPERITY I SAID, I SHALL NEVER BE MOVED._] Peace and prosperity had seduced the heart of David, and led him to suppose that _his mountain_-his dominion, _stood so strong_,...
AND IN MY PROSPERITY I SAID, I SHALL NEVER BE MOVED - I shall never be visited with calamity or trial. This refers to a past period of his life, when everything seemed to be prosperous, and when he ha...
Psalms 30 A Psalm of Praise _ 1. Praise for deliverance (Psalms 30:1)_ 2. Past experience (Psalms 30:6) Psalms 30:1. The inscr
XXX. TRUST IN GOD, NOT IN SELF. The Ps. was not intended originally, as the title suggests, for the purification and dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C. after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes (p....
I SHALL, &C. Compare Psalms 62:6....
Render with R.V. As for me, I said in my prosperity. The word translated _prosperity_includes the idea of careless security, resulting from uninterrupted good fortune. Comp. Proverbs 1:32; and for t...
The Psalmist relates his own experience of the truth stated in the preceding verse. His presumption had required the correction of chastisement....
AND IN MY PROSPERITY I SAID— There should not be a full stop at the end of the 6th verse, but after the words _stand strong_ in the 7th; where the next period should begin, _Thou didst hide thy face;...
PSALMS 30 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song of Joy on Recovery from Sickness. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 30:1-3, Declaration of Praise and its Occasion. Stanza II., Psalms 30:4-5, Call on Levites to Praise,...
_AND IN MY PROSPERITY I SAID, I SHALL NEVER BE MOVED._ Here follows the body of the psalm, the detailed description of the distress which he had brought on himself by his elation through prosperity,...
Title.—(RV) 'A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; _a Psalm_ of David.' There is no obvious connexion between the contents of this Ps. and its title. It is a thanksgiving for recovery from a...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
AND IN. — Better, _But as for me, in,_ &c. The pronoun is emphatic. The mental struggle through which the psalmist had won his way to this sublime faith is now told in the most vivid manner, the very...
_[Psalms 30:7]_ וַ֭ אֲנִי אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְ שַׁלְוִ֑י...
Psalms 30:1 THE title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual "Psalm of David" having been enlarged by the awkward insertion of "A Song at the Dedication of the House," which probably indic...
“JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING” Psalms 30:1 This psalm dates from 2 Samuel 5:11. What a contrast between Adullam's cave and the house of cedar! When God has lifted us up in mercy, we should lift Him up...
This is a song of praise for deliverance (1-5) and a meditation on the deliverance and its lessons (6-12), with a final note of praise (12). The phrases descriptive of the trouble are such as to leave...
And in my (g) prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. (g) I put too much confidence in my quiet state as in (Jeremiah 31:18; 2 Chronicles 32:24)....
Spirit. Hebrew, ruach. Our Saviour determines the signification of this word, and shews that the saints of the Old Testament believed that the soul survived after its separation from the body, which s...
The children of God have a chequered state, and feel the changes. And, no doubt, with an eye to the wilderness condition of God's people, these things are said. They who live in a moveable tent will n...
6._And in my tranquillity I had said. _This is the confession which I formerly mentioned, in which David acknowledges that he had been justly and deservedly punished for his foolish and rash security,...
In Psalms 30 we have the contrast between trust in prosperity even in that given of God and in God Himself. He has come in and lifted up the poor, and not left him to his foes. His favor is life. If a...
AND IN MY PROSPERITY,.... Either outward prosperity, when he was settled in his kingdom, and as acknowledged king by all the tribes of Israel, and had gotten the victory over all his enemies, and was...
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. Ver. 6. _And in my prosperity I said_] Or, in my tranquillity. Then it was that he was overgrown with security; as was also Job, Job 29:18,20; _Se...
_In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved_ I thought myself past all danger of further changes. The word שׁלוי, _shalvi_, rendered _prosperity_, denotes peace and tranquillity, arising from an...
A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH. A psalm and song, literally, "a psalm song," a composition to be sung with musical accompaniment, at the dedication of the house of David, of his...
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved, he had begun to trust in himself, as even believers will be in danger of doing if all things are in their favor. He even tried to explain his self-...
PROSPERITY: [marginal note missing in original]...
6-12 When things are well with us, we are very apt to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, it becomes us to think with shame upon our carnal security as our folly. If God hide...
Psalms 30:6 prosperity H7959 said H559 (H8804) never H5769 moved H4131 (H8735) And - Job 29:1
HE REMINISCES ON THE COMPLACENCY THAT HAD BEEN HIS WHEN HE WAS WELL AND THE SHOCK THAT HIS ILLNESS HAD BEEN TO HIM (PSALMS 30:6). Psalms 30:6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, I will never be mov...
Psalms 30:6 The words of the text describe three states which are, or have been, or will be all ours. I. The first state is thus described: "In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. Lord, by...
May the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writer of this Psalm, now lead us into its inner meaning! It is entitled «A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David; «or, rather, «A Psalm; a song...
CONTENTS: Thanksgiving for answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should hem all our blessings with praise lest they unravel. Let us never forget to pray, nor ever doubt the succes...
The title is, _a psalm and song._ Chrysostom, in his prologue, understands it of a song set to the organ, or a concert of music, and sung when David dedicated his palace in the city of Zion. Here his...
_In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved._ THE CONDITIONS AND ACTS OF LIFE, THE SPRINGS OF SOLEMN ISSUES These verses may be taken as indicating the tendencies of certain conditions and acti...
_I will extol Thee, O Lord; for Thou hast lifted me up._ A PSALM OF DELIVERANCE The title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual “Psalm of David” having been enlarged by the awkward inser...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 30:1. According to the title, David composed Psalms 30:1 for the temple’s dedication (which took place after David died,...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 30:6 It is God who makes the believer’s MOUNTAIN STAND STRONG (a picture of unshakable security). If the Lord should remove his care, the faithful are undone....
INTRODUCTION “This psalm was composed after recovery from a sickness which had very nearly proved fatal. The singer begins with an inscription of praise to God for His great goodness, and calls upon a...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of thanksgiving from first to last, and commemorates a deliverance from a great danger. It is divided into two unequal portions—one of five and the ether of seven verses....
I will extol thee, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and you've not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto you, and you healed me. O LORD, you have brought up my soul from the g...
2 Corinthians 12:7; Daniel 4:30; Isaiah 47:7; Isaiah 56:12; Job 29:18