Psalms 30:1
I will extol you, O Lord, because you have lifted me up, and not suffered my foes to rejoice over me.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
In Context
2I cried to you for help, O Lord my God, and you healed me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:4lest my enemies claim to have triumphed, lest my foes rejoice at my downfall.
Psalms 27:6And now that my head he has lifted above my encircling foes, I will march round the altar and sacrifice, shouting with joy, in his tent, making music and song to the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 30:1
This is a psalm of thanksgiving for the great deliverances which God had wrought for David, penned upon occasion of the dedicating of his house of cedar, and sung in that pious solemnity, though there is not any thing in it that has particular reference to that occasion. Some collect from divers passages in the psalm itself that it was penned upon his recovery from a dangerous fit of sickness, which might happen to be about the time of the dedication of his house. I. He here praises God for the deliverances he had… Read the whole commentary →