# Psalms 30.11

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 9. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? 10. Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.
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> **11. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;**
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> 12. To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. (Psalms 30:9-12, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 9. “What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth? 10. Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper.”
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> **11. You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,**
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> 12. 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! (Psalms 30:9-12, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 9. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? 10. Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
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> **11. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;**
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> 12. 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. <sup>my glory: that is, my tongue, or, my soul</sup> (Psalms 30:9-12, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 9. 'What gain [is] in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth? 10. Hear, O Jehovah, and favour me, O Jehovah, be a helper to me.'
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> **11. Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me [with] joy.**
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> 12. So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee! (Psalms 30:9-12, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.