시편 Chapter 30

Translation: ESV

1

I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

Key Message

The most natural response to God's deliverance is praise that exalts him.

▸Psalm 30 is recorded in its heading as a psalm for the dedication of the temple, and is a psalm of thanksgiving for recovery from illness.

Psalm 30 is recorded in its heading as a psalm for the dedication of the temple, and is a psalm of thanksgiving for recovery from illness. 'I will extol you (aromimkha)' — to lift up, to praise — and 'you have drawn me up (dallitani)' — the image of drawing up from water — express thanksgiving for dramatic deliverance. That God prevented enemies from rejoicing over one's suffering is itself God's victory.

5

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Key Message

Pain is momentary but God's favor is for a lifetime — after the evening of weeping, the morning of joy surely comes.

▸The most beautiful verse in Psalm 30.

11

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Key Message

God is the one who transforms mourning into dancing — this transformation is both the experience of salvation and eschatological hope.

▸'You have turned my mourning into dancing' is one of the most dynamic images expressing God's transforming work.