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What the Fathers say

Psalms 30:3

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"O Lord, You have brought back My Soul from hell, and You have saved Me from them that go down into the pit" [Psalm 30:3]. You have saved Me from the condition of profound darkness, and the lowest slough of corruptible flesh.

Exposition on Psalm 30 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Next he says he was delivered from exterior evils: "O Lord, you have brought up." And first from those that were imminent. Second from those from which he was preserved, at "You have saved." He says therefore, "O Lord, you have brought up," etc. This cannot be understood literally of David: because he was not rescued from hell when he composed this Psalm. It can be understood of him metaphorically, as though he were delivered from mortal danger. But literally it is understood of Christ, whose soul was brought up from hell by God: Ps. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗