# Psalms 30

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

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. <sup>A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.</sup> I will extol thee, O Jehovah; For thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2. O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3. O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4. Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye saints of his, And give thanks to his holy memorial name. 5. For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning. 6. As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved. 7. Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong. Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled. 8. I cried to thee, O Jehovah; And unto Jehovah I made supplication: 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. 11. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 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 30:1-12, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. <b>A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. </b> I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2. Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me. 3. Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4. Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name. 5. 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. 6. As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” 7. You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled. 8. I cried to you, Yahweh. I made supplication to the Lord: 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.” 11. You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, 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 30:1-12, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3. 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. 4. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. <sup>at: or, to the memorial</sup> 5. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. <sup>his anger: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger</sup> <sup>for a night: Heb. in the evening</sup> <sup>joy: Heb. singing</sup> 6. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7. LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. <sup>made: Heb. settled strength for my mountain</sup> 8. I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. 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. 11. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 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 30:1-12, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. A Psalm., A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me. 2. Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me. 3. Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down [to] the pit. 4. Sing praise to Jehovah, ye His saints, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness, 5. For, a moment [is] in His anger, Life [is] in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing. 6. And I, I have said in mine ease, 'I am not moved, to the age. 7. O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face, I have been troubled. 8. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, And unto Jehovah I make supplication. 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.' 11. Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me [with] joy. 12. So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee! (Psalms 30:1-12, 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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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H7585 - sheol](/codex/h7585-sheol/), via [Psalms 30.3](/codex/psalms-30-3/)

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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.