Psalm 30:8-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 30:6-12

We have, in these verses, an account of three several states that David was in successively, and of the workings of his heart towards God in each of those states?what he said and did, and how his heart stood affected; in the first of these we may see what we are too apt to be, and in the other two what we should be. I. He had long enjoyed prosperity, and then he grew secure and over-confident of the continuance of it (Ps. 30:6, 7): ?In my prosperity, when I was in health of body and God had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:8

I cried to thee, O Lord ,.... In his trouble, when the Lord had hid his face from him, and he was sensible that he had departed from him: he was not stupid and unaffected with it; nor did he turn his back upon God, and seek to others; but he cried after a departing God, which showed love to him, and some degree of faith in him, by looking again towards his holy temple, and waiting upon him until he returned; and unto the Lord I made supplication ; in the most humble manner; entreating... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:9

What profit is there in my blood ?.... Should that be shed, and he die by the hands of his enemies, through divine permission: death is not profitable to a man's self by way of merit; it does not atone for sin, satisfy justice, and merit heaven; even the death of martyrs, and of such who shed their blood, died in the cause of Christ, and for his sake, is not meritorious; it does not profit in such sense: there is profit in no blood but in the blood of Christ, by which peace is made, pardon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:10

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me ,.... By lifting up the light of his countenance again upon him; by manifesting and applying his pardoning grace to him, and by delivering him out of all his afflictions; Lord, be thou my helper ; in this time of trouble; for he knew that vain was the help of man; and he was entirely in the right to betake himself to the Lord, who was able to help him, when none else could. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:11

Those hast turned for me my mourning into dancing ,.... This, with what follows, expresses the success he had in seeking the Lord by prayer and supplication; there was a sudden change of things, as it often is with the people of God; sometimes they are mourning by reason of sin, their own and others; or on account of afflictions; or because of spiritual decays; or through the temptations of Satan; or, as it was the case of the psalmist now, because of the hidings of God's face; but this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:12

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent ,.... Meaning either his soul, the more noble and glorious part of him; or the members of his body, his tongue, which is the glory of it, and with which he glorified God; see Psalm 16:9 ; compared with Acts 2:26 , this was the end that was to be answered by changing the scene of things; and which was answered; O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever ; to the end of life, as long as he had a being, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:8

I cried to thee, O Lord - I found no help but in him against whom I had sinned. See his confession and prayer, 2 Samuel 24:17 ; (note). Made supplication - Continued to urge my suit; was instant in prayer. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:9

What profit is there in my blood - My being cut off will not magnify thy mercy. Let not the sword, therefore, come against me. If spared and pardoned, I will declare thy truth; I will tell to all men what a merciful and gracious Lord I have found. Hear, therefore, O Lord; Psalm 30:10 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:11

Thou hast turned - my mourning into dancing - Rather into piping. I have not prayed in vain. Though I deserved to be cut off from the land of the living, yet thou hast spared me, and the remnant of my people. Thou hast taken away my sackcloth, the emblem of my distress and misery, and girded me with gladness, when thou didst say to the destroying angel, when he stood over Jerusalem ready to destroy it: "It is enough, stay now thy hand;" 2 Samuel 24:16 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:12

To the end that my glory may sing - The word כבוד cabod , which we here translate glory, is sometimes taken to signify the liver. Here it is supposed to mean the tongue; why not the heart? But does not David mean, by his glory, the state of exaltation and honor to which God had raised him, and in which he had before too much trusted; forgetting that he held it in a state of dependence on God? Now he was disciplined into a better sentiment. My glory before had sung praise to myself; in it... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 30:6-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:12

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