PSALM 30

Thanksgiving for Recovery from Grave Illness

Psalm 30:1 I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up, and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

Psalm 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.

Psalm 30:3 O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.

Psalm 30:4 Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.

Psalm 30:5 For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may last for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Psalm 30:6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”

Psalm 30:7 By your favor, O LORD, you had established me as a strong mountain; you hid your face, I was dismayed.

Psalm 30:8 To you, O LORD, I cried; and to the LORD I made supplication:

Psalm 30:9 “What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

Psalm 30:10 Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me! O LORD, be my helper!”

Psalm 30:11 You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Psalm 30:12 that my soul  may praise you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you for ever.