Psalms 30

¹I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

²Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

³Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.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.

⁴Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

⁵For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

⁶As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

⁷You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

⁸I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

⁹“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

¹⁰Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper.”Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

¹¹You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

¹²To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.