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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 30 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/29.htm" title="Psalm 29">◄</a> Psalm 30 <a href="../psalms/31.htm" title="Psalm 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/30.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Joy Comes with the Morning</p><subheading class="psalm-title">A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will extol you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for you have drawn me up</span><br /><span class="indent">and have not let my foes rejoice over me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, I cried to you for help,</span><br /><span class="indent">and you have healed me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;</span><br /><span class="indent">you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or to life, that I should not go down to the pit">a</a></sup></span></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Sing praises to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, O you his saints,</span><br /><span class="indent">and give thanks to his holy name.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew to the memorial of his holiness (see Exodus 3:15)">b</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For his anger is but for a moment,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his favor is for a lifetime.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or and in his favor is life">c</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">Weeping may tarry for the night,</span><br /><span class="indent">but joy comes with the morning.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As for me, I said in my prosperity,</span><br /><span class="indent">“I shall never be moved.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">By your favor, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">you made my mountain stand strong;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">you hid your face;</span><br /><span class="indent">I was dismayed.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">To you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, I cry,</span><br /><span class="indent">and to the Lord I plead for mercy:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“What profit is there in my death,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew in my blood">d</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">if I go down to the pit?<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or to corruption">e</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">Will the dust praise you?</span><br /><span class="indent">Will it tell of your faithfulness?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hear, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and be merciful to me!</span><br /><span class="indent">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, be my helper!”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;</span><br /><span class="indent">you have loosed my sackcloth</span><br /><span class="indent">and clothed me with gladness,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.</span><br /><span class="indent">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, I will give thanks to you forever!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">to life</span>, that I should not go down to the pit</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">to</span> the memorial of his holiness</i> (see Exodus 3:15)<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">and</span> in his favor is life</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">in my</span> blood</i><br 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