--- title: "Psalms 30 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Psalms 30 with clarkes commentary commentary. 1 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 h" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/30" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/30)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/30)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/30) Audio 1 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.* 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.*** 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.* 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.* [Psalms 29](/study/psalms/29) [Psalms 31](/study/psalms/31) ## Commentary To verse 1 This *Psalm* or *song* is said to have been made or used *at the* *dedication of the house* of David, or rather the dedication of a house or temple; for the word *David* refers not to הבית *habbayith*, the *house*, but to מזמור *mizmor*, a *Psalm*. But what temple or house could this be? Some say, the *temple* built by *Solomon*; others refer it to the *dedication* of the *second temple* under Zerubbabel, and some think it intended for the dedication of a *third* temple, which is to be built in the days of the Messiah. There are others who confine it to the *dedication of the house which David built* for himself on Mount Sion, after he had taken Jerusalem from the Jebusites; or to the purgation and re-dedication of his own house, that had been defiled by the wicked conduct of his own son Absalom. *Calmet* supposes it to have been made by David on the dedication of the place which he built on the threshing floor of Araunah, after the grievous *plague* which had so nearly desolated the kingdom, [2 Samuel 24:25](/kjv/2-samuel/24/25); [1 Chronicles 21:26](/kjv/1-chronicles/21/26). All the parts of the Psalm agree to this: and they agree to this so well, and to no other hypothesis, that I feel myself justified in modelling the comment on this principle alone. Verse [Psalms 30:1](/kjv/psalms/30/1). ***I will extol thee - for thou hast lifted me up*** — I will lift thee up, for thou hast lifted me up. Thou hast made me blessed, and I will make thee glorious. Thou hast magnified me in thy mercy; and I will show forth thy praise, and speak good of thy name. I have made some remarks on this Psalm in the Introduction. In this Psalm we find *seven* different states of mind distinctly marked: - 1. It is implied, in the *first verse*, that David had been in great distress, and nearly overwhelmed by his enemies. 2. He extols God for having lifted him up, and having preserved him from the cruelty of his adversaries, [Psalms 30:1-3](/kjv/psalms/30/1-3). 3. He is brought into great prosperity, trusts in what he had received, and forgets to depend wholly on the Lord, [Psalms 30:4-6](/kjv/psalms/30/4-6). 4. The Lord hides his face from him, and he is brought into great distress, [Psalms 30:7](/kjv/psalms/30/7). 5. He feels his loss, and makes earnest prayer and supplication, [Psalms 30:8-10](/kjv/psalms/30/8-10). 6. He is restored to the Divine favour, and filled with joy, [Psalms 30:11](/kjv/psalms/30/11). 7. He purposes to glory in God alone, and to trust in him for ever, [Psalms 30:12](/kjv/psalms/30/12). As it is impossible for any man to have passed through *all these* *states* at the same time; it is supposed that the Psalm, like many others of the same complexion, has been formed out of the *memoranda of a diary*. See this point illustrated in the Introduction. ***Thou hast lifted me up*** — Out of the pit into which I had fallen: the vain curiosity, and want of trust in God, that induced me to number the people. Bishop *Horsley* translates, *Because thou hast* *depressed me*. 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