Psalm 30:1-9

1 Ein Psalm, zu singen von der Einweihung des Hauses, von David. Ich preise dich, HERR; denn du hast mich erhöht und lässest meine Feinde sich nicht über mich freuen.

2 HERR, mein Gott, da ich schrie zu dir, machtest du mich gesund.

3 HERR, du hast meine Seele aus der Hölle geführt; du hast mich lebend erhalten, da jene in die Grube fuhren.

4 Ihr Heiligen, lobsinget dem HERRN; danket und preiset seine Heiligkeit!

5 Denn sein Zorn währt einen Augenblick, und lebenslang seine Gnade; den Abend lang währt das Weinen, aber des Morgens ist Freude.

6 Ich aber sprach, da mir's wohl ging: Ich werde nimmermehr darniederliegen.

7 Denn, HERR, durch dein Wohlgefallen hattest du meinen Berg stark gemacht; aber da du dein Antlitz verbargest, erschrak ich.

8 Zu dir, HERR, rief ich, und zum HERRN flehte ich:

9 Was ist nütze an meinem Blut, wenn ich zur Grube fahre? Wird dir auch der Staub danken und deine Treue verkündigen?

Psalm 30:1-9 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.