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You kept me from falling into the pit of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />O LORD, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />LORD, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />O LORD, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />O LORD, Thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />O Yahweh, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead); You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />LORD, you brought me up from Sheol; you spared me from among those going down to the Pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br /> LORD, You brought me up from Sheol; You spared me from among those going down to the Pit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />saving me from death and the grave. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />O LORD, you brought me up from the grave. You called me back to life from among those who had gone into the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />you kept me from the grave. I was on my way to the depths below, but you restored my life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />LORD, you brought me from death; you kept me alive so that I did not descend into the Pit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH, You have brought up my soul from Sheol, "" You have kept me alive, "" From going down [to] the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />O Jehovah, thou broughtest up my soul from hades: thou didst save me alive from those going down to the pit.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 29:4>Lord, you led my soul away from Hell. You have saved me from those who descend into the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />LORD, you brought my soul up from Sheol; you let me live, from going down to the pit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />O LORD, you brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; thou hast saved me that I should not join those who go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you raised my soul up from Sheol, and you have saved me from those who go down to the pit.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />O LORD, Thou broughtest up my soul from the nether-world; Thou didst kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from Hades, thou hast delivered me from <i>among</i> them that go down to the pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/30-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=3085" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/30.htm">You Turned My Mourning into Dancing</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">You pulled me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: he·‘ĕ·lî·ṯā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/7585.htm" title="7585: šə·’ō·wl (N-cs) -- Or shol; from sha'al; Hades or the world of the dead, including its accessories and inmates.">Sheol;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: ḥî·yî·ṯa·nî (V-Piel-Perf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">You spared me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: mī·yō·rə·ḏē (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf:: 1cs) -- To come or go down, descend. ">from descending</a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953: ḇō·wr (N-ms) -- A pit, cistern, well. From buwr; a pit hole.">into the Pit.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/2-6.htm">Jonah 2:6</a></span><br />To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17</a></span><br />Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-55.htm">Lamentations 3:55-57</a></span><br />I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. / You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.” / You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-6.htm">1 Samuel 2:6</a></span><br />The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Hosea 13:14</a></span><br />I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13</a></span><br />For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20</a></span><br />Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Psalm 116:3-4</a></span><br />The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow. / Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/118-17.htm">Psalm 118:17-18</a></span><br />I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done. / The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-28.htm">Job 33:28-30</a></span><br />He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’ / Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times, / to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">2 Corinthians 1:9-10</a></span><br />Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a></span><br />We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm">Ephesians 2:5-6</a></span><br />made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! / And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-12.htm">Colossians 2:12-13</a></span><br />And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead. / When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-18.htm">Revelation 1:18</a></span><br />the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">O LORD, you have brought up my soul from the grave: you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.</p><p class="hdg">brought</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a></b></br> For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">Psalm 40:1,2</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/56-13.htm">Psalm 56:13</a></b></br> For thou hast delivered my soul from death: <i>wilt</i> not <i>thou deliver</i> my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?</p><p class="hdg">down</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/28-1.htm">Psalm 28:1</a></b></br> <i>A Psalm</i> of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, <i>if</i> thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/22-29.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Broughtest</a> <a href="/psalms/6-5.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/psalms/18-5.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/psalms/22-24.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/27-4.htm">Life</a> <a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/psalms/28-1.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/job/42-10.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/psalms/18-5.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/psalms/26-9.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/job/30-10.htm">Spared</a> <a href="/psalms/28-1.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/33-19.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Broughtest</a> <a href="/psalms/31-12.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/psalms/31-17.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/psalms/30-7.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Life</a> <a href="/psalms/31-17.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/psalms/30-9.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/psalms/69-4.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/psalms/31-17.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/psalms/30-12.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/78-50.htm">Spared</a> <a href="/psalms/30-9.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/30-1.htm">David praises God for his deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/30-4.htm">He exhorts others to praise him by example of God's dealings with him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/30.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/30.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol;</b><br>This phrase reflects a deep personal deliverance experienced by the psalmist, traditionally attributed to King David. "Sheol" in ancient Hebrew culture refers to the realm of the dead, a shadowy place where the deceased reside. The psalmist's use of "pulled me up" suggests a rescue from near-death or a life-threatening situation. This imagery of being lifted from Sheol can be seen as a metaphor for God's power to save and restore life, emphasizing His sovereignty over life and death. The concept of Sheol is also found in other parts of the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9</a> and <a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm">Isaiah 38:10</a>, where it represents a place of no return, highlighting the miraculous nature of the psalmist's deliverance.<p><b>You spared me from descending into the Pit.</b><br>The "Pit" is often synonymous with Sheol, further emphasizing the grave or a place of destruction. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the Pit could also refer to a cistern or a dungeon, symbolizing entrapment and hopelessness. The psalmist's acknowledgment of being spared from descending into the Pit underscores God's intervention and mercy. This deliverance can be seen as a type of resurrection, prefiguring the ultimate victory over death through Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, Jesus' resurrection is the fulfillment of this hope, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">1 Corinthians 15:54-57</a>, where death is swallowed up in victory. The psalmist's experience serves as a testament to God's faithfulness and His ability to save His people from the depths of despair.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/30.htm">Psalm 30</a>, David is expressing gratitude for God's deliverance from a life-threatening situation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/lord.htm">LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His faithfulness and power to save.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheol.htm">Sheol</a></b><br>In Hebrew thought, Sheol is the realm of the dead, a place of darkness and separation from the living.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_pit.htm">The Pit</a></b><br>Often synonymous with Sheol, it represents the grave or a place of destruction.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance.htm">Deliverance</a></b><br>The event of God rescuing David from a near-death experience or severe trial.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_life_and_death.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Life and Death</a></b><br>Recognize that God holds power over life and death, and He can deliver us from even the most hopeless situations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_deliverance.htm">Gratitude for Deliverance</a></b><br>Cultivate a heart of gratitude for the times God has rescued you from physical, emotional, or spiritual peril.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_faithfulness.htm">Trust in God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Trust in God's faithfulness to His promises, knowing that He is able to save and sustain us through trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_eternal_life.htm">Hope in Eternal Life</a></b><br>Reflect on the hope of eternal life through Christ, who has conquered death and the grave for us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_in_times_of_distress.htm">Prayer in Times of Distress</a></b><br>In times of distress, turn to God in prayer, confident that He hears and is able to deliver.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_30_3__how_to_reconcile_with_science.htm">Psalm 30:3: How do we reconcile this reference to being raised from the dead with the scientific evidence against literal resurrection? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jonah_die_inside_the_fish.htm">Did Jonah die inside the fish?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_40_2_-_is_'pit'_metaphorical_or_literal.htm">Psalm 40:2 – How can we reconcile the “pit of destruction” metaphor with a literal historical event or location, given the lack of evidence for David’s confinement in such a pit?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_'dust'_praise,_contradicting_mortality.htm">Psalm 30:9: How can 'dust' offer praise, and is this a contradiction of modern understandings of human mortality and consciousness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Grave.</span>--<span class= "ital">Sheol </span>(See Note to <a href="/psalms/6-5.htm" title="For in death there is no remembrance of you: in the grave who shall give you thanks?">Psalm 6:5</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">That I should not go down to the pit.</span>--This follows a reading which is considered by modern scholars ungrammatical. The ordinary reading, rightly kept by the LXX. and Vulg., means <span class= "ital">from these going down to the pit, i.e., </span>from the dead. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/28-1.htm" title="To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.">Psalm 28:1</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> when I was on the verge of the grave, just ready to depart to the unseen world, thy interposition saved me, and brought me, as it were, back to life. <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast kept me alive</span>. Lest the hyperbole of the preceding clause should be misunderstood, the writer appends a prosaic account of what had happened. God had "kept him alive" when he was in peril of death, and saved him, that he should <span class="cmt_word">not go down to the pit.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/30-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">O LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְֽהוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You pulled me</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">up</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽעֱלִ֣יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ĕ·lî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Sheol;</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁא֣וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(šə·’ō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7585.htm">Strong's 7585: </a> </span><span class="str2">Underworld (place to which people descend at death)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You spared me</span><br /><span class="heb">חִ֝יִּיתַ֗נִי</span> <span class="translit">(ḥî·yî·ṯa·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from descending</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיָּֽרְדִי־</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yā·rə·ḏî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the Pit.</span><br /><span class="heb">בֽוֹר׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḇō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/30-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 30:3 Yahweh you have brought up my soul (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/30-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 30:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 30:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/30-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 30:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 30:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>