Psalm 30:3

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

Psalm 30:3 in Other Translations

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.

3 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

3 You brought me up from the grave, O LORD . You kept me from falling into the pit of death.

3 God, you pulled me out of the grave, gave me another chance at life when I was down-and-out.

3 O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

3 O LORD, you brought me up from the grave. You called me back to life from among those who had gone into the pit.

3 Lord, You brought me up from Sheol; You spared me from among those going down to the Pit.

3 Lord, you brought me up from the edge of the grave. You kept me from going down into the pit.

Psalm 30:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 30:3

O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave
When his life being in danger, was near unto it, ( Job 33:22 Job 33:28 ) ; otherwise the soul dies not, nor does it lie and sleep in the grave; or "thou hast brought up my soul from hell" ^F13; 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 ) ( Jonah 2:4 ) ;

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 them that go down to the pit"; which some versions ^F14 follow; that is, thou hast preserved me from going along with them, and being where and as they are: our version follows the former; the sense is the same.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (lwav Nm) "ab inferno", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.
F14 So Sept. V. L. Pagninus, Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis, Ainsworth.

Psalm 30:3 In-Context

1 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 16:10; S Psalms 56:13
• 2. Psalms 28:1; Psalms 55:23; Psalms 69:15; Psalms 86:13; Psalms 143:7; Proverbs 1:12; Isaiah 38:17; John 2:6