Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 30:7
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.
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.
LORD, BY THY FAVOR THOU HAST MADE MY MOUNTAIN TO STAND STRONG - Margin: “settled strength for my mountain.” This refers, I apprehend, to his former state of mind; to his confidence in that which const...
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....
MY MOUNTAIN: i.e. Zion, which David had but recently taken (2 Samuel 5:7). HIDE THY FACE. Probably refers to. sickness which followed. FACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
The Psalmist relates his own experience of the truth stated in the preceding verse. His presumption had required the correction of chastisement....
R.V., Thou, Lord, of thy favour hadst made my mountain to stand strong; lit. _hadst established strength for my mountain_. Zion, strong by position and art, may be thought of, partly in itself, partly...
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,...
_LORD, BY THY FAVOUR THOU HAST MADE MY MOUNTAIN TO STAND STRONG: THOU DIDST HIDE THY FACE, AND I WAS TROUBLED._ By thy favour ... - "by thy favour" (not because of my merits), answering to "in His fa...
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...
HAST MADE] RV 'hadst made,' referring to the time of health and prosperity. MY MOUNTAIN] would be a figure for stability, but the reading is doubtful. Possibly it should be, 'hadst made me to stand up...
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...
LORD, BY THY FAVOUR — _i.e., and all the while thou_ (not my own strength) _hadst made me secure._ The margin gives the literal rendering, but the reading varies between the text “to my mountain,” “to...
_[Psalms 30:8]_ יְֽהוָ֗ה בִּ רְצֹונְךָ֮ הֶעֱמַ֪דְתָּה לְֽ...
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...
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my (h) mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I (i) was troubled. (h) I thought you had established me in Zion most surely. (i) After you had wi...
Vanities. Idols, (Calmet) superstitious practices, (Hammond) and lies. It may refer to Saul, who performed his promises so ill, and neglected the laws which he had made against witches. (Calmet) --- P...
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...
7._O Jehovah! of thy good pleasure. _This verse describes the difference which exists between the confidence which is founded upon the word of God and the carnal security which springs from presumptio...
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...
LORD, BY THY FAVOUR THOU HAST MADE MY MOUNTAIN TO STAND STRONG,.... The psalmist found himself mistaken, and acknowledges it; that as it was not owing to his own merit that he enjoyed the prosperity t...
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled. Ver. 7. _Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain, &c_]. Yea, but there is no mou...
_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...
Lord, by Thy favor Thou hast made my mountain to stand strong, given him a safe and impregnable place. Being specially favored by the Lord, David had begun to feel fleshly security. However, he was so...
MADE MY MOUNTAIN TO STAND STRONG: _ Heb._ settled strength...
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...
THOU HAST MADE MY MOUNTAIN TO STAND STRONG; thou hast so firmly settled me in my kingdom; which he calls his MOUNTAIN, partly because kingdoms are usually called mountains in prophetical writings, as...
Psalms 30:7 LORD H3068 favor H7522 mountain H2042 stand H5975 (H8689) strong H5797 hid H5641 (H8689) face...
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...
_Thou didst hide Thy face, and I was troubled._ THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE DIVINE PRESENCE Of all the sources of sorrow to which a good man is exposed here, there is none whose waters are so bitter, nor w...
_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...
_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...
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...
1 Chronicles 17:26; 1 Chronicles 17:27; Isaiah 38:17; Job 10:12;...
Mountain — My kingdom: kingdoms are usually called mountains in prophetical writings....