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Psalms 30

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I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 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. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 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.

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Psalms 30:10

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"The Lord has heard, and had mercy on Me, the Lord has become My helper." Nor did "He suffer His holy One to see corruption" [Psalm 30:10].

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Thomas Aquinas

Third, when he says "The Lord has heard." He shows that the prayer was heard. And first the hearing is set forth. Second, the manner of the hearing, at "And he had mercy." Third, the fruit, at "That my glory may sing." He says therefore, "The Lord has heard," etc. He had said above, "I will cry out"; here he says he was heard, for the Lord heard, because he answered: Is. 65: "And it shall be that before they call, I will hear; while they are yet speaking, I will listen": Jn. …

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