PSALM XXX _The psalmist returns thanks to God for deliverance from great_ _danger_, 1-3. _He calls upon the saints to give thanks to God at the_ _remembrance of his holiness, because of his readiness to save_, 4, 5. _He relates how his mind stood affected before this great trial_ _and how soo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 30:2. _THOU HAST HEALED ME._] Thou hast removed the plague from my people by which they were perishing in _thousands_ before my eyes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 30:3. _THOU HAST BROUGHT UP MY SOUL FROM THE GRAVE_] I and my people were both about to be cut off; but thou hast spared us in mercy, and given us a most glorious respite.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 30:4. _SING UNTO THE LORD, O YE SAINTS OF HIS_] Ye _priests_, who wait upon him in his sanctuary, and whose business it is to offer prayers and sacrifices for the people, magnify him for the mercy he has now showed in staying this most destructive plague. _GIVE THANKS AT THE REMEMBRAN... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 30:5. _FOR HIS ANGER_ ENDURETH BUT _A MOMENT_] There is an elegant abruptness in these words in the Hebrew text. This is the literal translation: "For a moment in his anger. Lives in his favour. In the evening weeping may lodge: but in the morning exultation." So good is God, that he c... [ Continue Reading ]
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_, that adversity could never affect him. He wished to know the physical and political strength of his... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 30:7. _THOU DIDST HIDE THY FACE_] Thou didst show thyself displeased with me for my pride and forgetfulness of thee: and then I found how vainly I had trusted in an arm of flesh.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 30:8. _I CRIED TO THEE, O LORD_] I found no help but _in him_ against whom I had sinned. See his confession and prayer, 2 Samuel 24:17. _MADE SUPPLICATION._] Continued to urge my suit; was instant in prayer.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 30:9. _WHAT PROFIT_ IS THERE _IN MY BLOOD_] My being cut off will not magnify thy mercy. Let not the sword, therefore, come against me. If spared and pardoned, I will declare thy truth; I will tell to all men what a merciful and gracious Lord I have found. _Hear_, therefore, _O Lord_; P... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 30:11. _THOU HAST TURNED - MY MOURNING INTO DANCING_] Rather _into_ _piping_. I have not prayed in vain. Though I deserved to be cut off from the land of the living, yet thou hast spared me, and the remnant of my people. Thou hast _taken away my sackcloth_, the emblem of my distress and... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 30:12. _TO THE END THAT MY GLORY MAY SING_] The word כבוד _cabod_, which we here translate _glory_, is sometimes taken to signify the _liver_. Here it is supposed to mean the _tongue_; why not the heart? But does not David mean, by _his glory_, the _state of_ _exaltation_ and _honour_... [ Continue Reading ]