Fathers

Psalms 30

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I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me. Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name. For 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. As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled. I cried to you, Yahweh. I made supplication to the Lord: “What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth? Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper.” You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

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Psalms 30:1

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

It is then whole Christ who speaks. "I will exalt You, O Lord, for You have taken Me up" [Psalm 30:1]. I will praise Your high Majesty, O Lord, for You have taken Me up. "You have not made Mine enemies to rejoice over Me." And those, who have so often endeavoured to oppress Me with various persecutions throughout the world, You have not made to rejoice over Me.

Exposition on Psalm 30 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

In the preceding Psalm the prophet exhorted others to give thanks; here he himself gives thanks. The title is "A Psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of the house of David." As was said above, Psalms of canticles are so called because first a canticle was sung, and afterward followed the Psalm: as it were, a Psalm following a canticle. But we read that David did not dedicate a house to God, because he was forbidden by Nathan from the Lord, 2 Kgs. 7. But here it does not say "the house of the Lord," but "of David." We read in 2 Kgs. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗