Psalms 30:3

_O LORD, THOU HAST BROUGHT UP MY SOUL FROM THE GRAVE: THOU HAST KEPT ME ALIVE, THAT I SHOULD NOT GO DOWN TO THE PIT._ Thou hast brought up ... - Hebrew, Sheol; Greek, Hades, the unseen world. David, through overwhelming grief at the calamity which his sinful pride had brought upon the people, had been (2 Samuel 24:10; 2 Samuel 24:14; 2 Samuel 24:17) as it were dead, though still living (cf. 2 Corinthians 1:10; Psalms 6:6). KEPT ME ALIVE ... This is the reading of the Qeri', or Hebrew margin х miyaa

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....

O, LORD, THOU HAST BROUGHT UP MY SOUL FROM THE GRAVE - My life; me. The meaning is, that he had been in imminent danger of death, and had been brought from the borders of the grave. The word here rendered “grave” is “Sheol” - a word which, properly used, commonly denotes the region of the dead; the underworld which is entered through the grave. Compare Isaiah 14:9, note; Psalms 6:5, note. THOU HAST KEPT ME ALIVE, THAT I SHOULD NOT GO DOWN TO THE PIT - More literally, “thou hast caused me to live from them which go down to the pit;” that is, thou hast distinguished me from them by keeping me alive. The word “pit” here means the same as the grave. See the notes at Psa

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

O LORD, THOU HAST BROUGHT UP MY SOUL FROM THE GRAVE,.... When his life being in danger, was near unto it, Job 33:22; otherwise the soul dies not, nor does it lie and sleep in the grave; or "thou hast brought up my soul from hell" m; that is, delivered him from those horrors of conscience and terrors of mind, by reason of sin, which were as hell itself unto him; see Psalms 116:3; THOU HAST KEPT ME ALIVE: preserved his corporeal life when in danger, and maintained his spiritual life; and quickened him by his word, under all his afflictions, and kept him from utter and black despair; THAT I SHOULD NOT GO DOWN TO THE PIT; either of the grave or hell. There is in this clause a "Keri" and a "Cetib"; a marginal reading, and a textual writing: according to the latter it is, "from t

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

GRAVE Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...

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

SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. THE GRAVE. Hebrew Sheol. See App-35. THAT. SHOULD NOT GO DOWN. So in some codices and one early printed edition; but other codices read "from among" [those who were going down], with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. THE PIT. a sepulchre. Hebrew. _bor._ See note on "well" (Genesis 21:19)....