Psalms 30:1-7

A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. Of David.

1 ^[a]^[b]I will exalt you, LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.

2 LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.

3 You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit.

4 Sing the praises of the LORD, you his faithful people; praise his holy name.

5 For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

6 When I felt secure, I said, “I will never be shaken.”

7 LORD, when you favored me, you made my royal mountain^[c] stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.

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Psalms 30:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 30

\\<>\\. This is the first time that a psalm is called a song; some psalms are called by one name, some by another, and some by both, as here; and some are called hymns: to which distinction of them the apostle refers in Eph 5:19. A psalm was sung upon musical instruments, a song with the voice; it may be this psalm was sung both ways: the occasion of it was the dedication of David's house: the Targum interprets it of the house of the sanctuary, the temple; and so most of the Jewish commentators {i}; which might be called his house, because it was his intention to build it; his heart was set upon it, he provided materials for it, and gave his son Solomon the form of it, and a charge to build it; and, as is thought, composed this psalm to be sung, and which was sung by the Levites at the dedication of it: others, as Aben Ezra, are of opinion it was his own dwelling house, made of cedar, which he dedicated according to the law of Moses, with sacrifices and offerings, prayer and thanksgiving, \2Sa 5:11 7:2 De 20:5\; so Apollinarius calls it a new house David built; but since there is nothing in the whole psalm that agrees with the dedication, either of the temple, or of David's own private house, it seems better, with other interpreters, to understand it of the purging of David's house from the wickedness and incest of his son Absalom, upon his return to it, when the rebellion raised by him was extinguished; which might be reckoned a new dedication of it; see 2Sa 20:3; and to a deliverance from such troubles this psalm well agrees. Theodoret interprets it of the restoration of the human nature by Christ, through his resurrection from the dead. {i} Jarchi, Kimchi, & Abdendana.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 17

1. S Exodus 15:2
2. Job 11:8; Psalms 63:9; Psalms 107:26; Proverbs 9:18; Isaiah 14:15
3. S Psalms 22:17; Psalms 25:2; Psalms 28:9
4. Psalms 5:2; Psalms 88:13
5. S Numbers 12:13; Psalms 6:2
6. S Psalms 16:10; S Psalms 56:13
7. Psalms 28:1; Psalms 55:23; Psalms 69:15; Psalms 86:13; Psalms 143:7; Proverbs 1:12; Isaiah 38:17; John 2:6
8. Psalms 33:1; Psalms 47:7; Psalms 68:4
9. S Psalms 16:3; Psalms 149:1
10. Exodus 3:15; Psalms 33:21; Psalms 103:1; Psalms 145:21; Psalms 97:12
11. Psalms 103:9
12. S Job 14:13
13. S Ezra 3:11
14. 2 Samuel 15:30; Psalms 6:6; Psalms 126:6; Jeremiah 31:16
15. 2 Corinthians 4:17
16. S Job 29:18
17. S Deuteronomy 31:17; Psalms 104:29

Footnotes 3

[a]. In Hebrew texts 30:1-12 is numbered 30:2-13.
[b]. Title: Or "palace"
[c]. That is, Mount Zion