Psalms 30:1

_I WILL EXTOL THEE, O LORD; FOR THOU HAST LIFTED ME UP, AND HAST NOT MADE MY FOES TO REJOICE OVER ME._ The dedication of the house of David - namely, the site of the future temple which Solomon built. The Hebrew, _ CHªNUKAT_ (H2598), means the consecration of a new building. When David, after the plague sent for numbering the people, offered sacrifices upon the altar of burnt offering, the Lord, by fire from heaven, consecrated the place as "the house of God" (2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Chronicles 21:18). Heretofore, Gibeon had been the place of the altar; but henceforth the floor of Araunah, by the direction of the prophet Gad, was "the house of God," even before the temple was built on it. Compare...

1._I will extol thee, O Jehovah! _As David had been brought, as it were, from the grave to the life-giving air, he promises to extol the name of God. It is God who lifts us up with his own hand when we have been plunged into a profound gulf; and therefore it is our duty, on our part, to sing his praises with our tongues. By _the foes _who, he says, obtained no matter of rejoicing over him, we may understand both domestic and foreign enemies. Although wicked and evil disposed persons flattered him with servile adulation, they at the same time cherished secret hatred against him, and were ready to insult him as soon as an opportunity should occur. In the second verse, he concludes that he was preserved by the favor of God, alleging in proof of this, that when he was at the very point of death he directed his supplications to God alone, and that he immediately felt that he had not done so i...

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 soon an unexpected change took place_, 6, 7; _mentions how, and in what terms, he prayed for mercy_, 8-10; _shows how God heard and delivered him and the effect it had_ _upon his mind_, 11, 12....

I WILL EXTOL THEE - literally, “I will exalt thee;” that is, he would make God first and supreme in his thoughts and affections; he would do what he could to make Him known; he would elevate Him high in his praises. FOR THOU HAST LIFTED ME UP - To wit, from the state of danger in which I was Psalms 30:2. The Hebrew word used here means properly to draw out, as from a well; and then, to deliver, to set free. As God had thus lifted him up, it was proper that he should show his gratitude by “lifting up” or extolling the name of God. AND HAST NOT MADE MY FOES TO REJOICE OVER ME - Hast not suffered them to triumph over me; that is, thou hast delivered me from them. He refers to the fact that he had been saved from a dangerous illness, and that his enemies had not been allowed to ex

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. In the first part, the deliverance is mentioned, and thanks given for it, in the briefest possible way (Psalms 30:1), after which the people are called upon to join in praising God, and reminded what cause they have for doing so (Psalms 30:4, Psalms 30:5). In the second part, the circumstances of the deliverance are set out at greater length. First of all, the sin is confessed, which had drawn down God's anger (Psalms 30:6

I WILL EXTOL THEE, O LORD,.... Or "lift thee up on high" k. The Lord is high in his name, he is the most High; and in his nature, there is none besides him, nor like unto him; and in place, he dwells in the high and holy place; he is above all, angels and men; he is above all gods; he is the King of kings, and Lord of lords; he cannot be higher than he is: to extol him, therefore, is to declare him to be what he is; to exalt him in high praises of him, which the psalmist determined to do, for the following reasons; FOR THOU HAST LIFTED ME UP; or "drawn me up", or "out" l; from the pit of nature; the low estate of unregeneracy; the pit wherein is no water: the horrible pit, the mire and clay of sin and misery, in which all men, while unconverted, are; and out of which they cannot lift themselves, being without strength, yea, dead in sin: this is God's work; he takes out of this pit, he d...

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 of dedication for the House. By David.» It was a song of faith, since David did not live to witness the dedication of the temple, for which he had planned in his heart, and for which he had laid by in store. Though he knew that he would not be permitted by God to build it, he took delight in writing a Psalm which might be sung at the opening of the temple. Thus it begins: Psalms 30:1. _I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me._ «I will exalt thee, for thou hast exalted me. I will lift up thy praise, because thou hast lifted up my spirits. I will bless thee, for thou hast blessed me,» Our song of praise should be the

Psalms 30 A Psalm of Praise _ 1. Praise for deliverance (Psalms 30:1)_ 2. Past experience (Psalms 30:6) Psalms 30:1. The inscription says that the Psalm was written by David as a song of dedication of the house. It probably means the house of the Lord mentioned in 1 Chronicles 22:1. The Psalm must be looked upon as expressing prophetically the praise of the nation for the deliverance and when that greater house of the Lord will be on the earth ...

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. 104). Rather it is the hymn of an individual, who (Psalms 30:1) thanks Yahweh for deliverance in sickness which threatened death. PSALMS 30:3_ B_. Read _mg._ PSALMS 30:6. He had made too sure of his prosperity, and was taught by pain his dependence on God. The Hebrew horror of death (Psalms 30:9) arose chiefly from the belief that in death all intercourse with God ceased. This differentiates the Hebrew fear of

TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65. SONG. Hebrew. _Shir._ The only _Shir_ in the first book. See App-65. DEDICATION. Hebrew. _hanak._ Used of houses in Deuteronomy 20:5. OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID. Compare 2 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 7:2. Not the temple. LIFTED ME UP. as out of. pit....