Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
Updated King James
Psalms 30
1I will extol you, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2O LORD my God, I cried unto you, and you have healed me. 3O LORD, you have brought up my soul from the grave: you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4Sing unto the LORD, O all of you saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 5For his anger endures but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7LORD, by your favour you have made my mountain to stand strong: you did hide your face, and I was troubled. 8I cried to you, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. 9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth? 10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be you my helper. 11You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 12To the end that my glory may sing praise to you, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto you for ever.
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