1 A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of David. I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me. 2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well. 3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead. 4 Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give praise to his holy name. 5 For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 6 When things went well for me I said, I will never be moved. 7 Lord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong: when your face was turned from me I was troubled. 8 My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord. 9 What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help? 10 Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper. 11 By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my clothing of grief, and given me robes of joy; 12 So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give you praise for ever.
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Psalm 30 Bible in Basic English
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 25:2; Daniel 4:37; Psalm 35:19; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 13:4
- 2 Psalm 103:3–4; 2 Kings 20:5; Psalm 147:3; Psalm 6:2; Exodus 15:26
- 3 Psalm 16:10; Psalm 86:13; Isaiah 38:17–18; Jonah 2:4–6; Psalm 28:1
- 4 Psalm 97:12; Revelation 4:8; Psalm 132:9; Psalms 148:14–149:1; 1 Chronicles 16:4
- 5 Isaiah 54:7–8; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Psalm 126:5–6; Matthew 5:4; John 16:20–22
- 6 2 Corinthians 12:7; Luke 12:19; Psalm 119:117; Psalm 16:8; Daniel 4:30
- 7 Psalm 104:29; Psalm 143:7; Psalm 30:5; Deuteronomy 31:17; Job 10:12
- 8 Philippians 4:6–7; Psalm 34:6; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 77:1–2; 1 Corinthians 12:8–9
- 9 Psalm 6:5; Isaiah 38:18; Psalm 115:17–18; Psalm 118:17; Psalm 88:10–12
- 10 Psalm 54:4; Psalm 143:7–9; Psalm 143:1; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 27:7
- 11 Jeremiah 31:4; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Jeremiah 31:13–14; Isaiah 25:8; 2 Chronicles 20:12
- 12 Psalm 145:2; Psalm 146:1–2; Psalm 44:8; Luke 19:40; Psalm 16:9
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; to the end that my glory may sing to thee, and that I be not pricked." What is this, "That I be not pricked?" That there be not that which shall goad my conscience.
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