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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 30:3

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.

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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. …

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