Psalm 30

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 30

Joy in the Morning

A psalm; a dedication song for the house. Davidic.

¹I will exalt You, Lord,
because You have lifted me up^(A)
and have not allowed my enemies
to triumph over me.^(B)
²Lord my God,
I cried to You for help, and You healed me.^(C)
³Lord, You brought me up from Sheol;^(D)
You spared me from among those
going down^[a] to the Pit.^(E)

⁴Sing to Yahweh, you His faithful ones,
and praise His holy name.^(F)
⁵For His anger lasts only a moment,
but His favor, a lifetime.
Weeping may spend the night,
but there is joy in the morning.^(G)

⁶When I was secure, I said,
“I will never be shaken.”^(H)
⁷Lord, when You showed Your favor,
You made me stand like a strong mountain;^(I)
when You hid Your face, I was terrified.^(J)
⁸Lord, I called to You;
I sought favor from my Lord:^(K)
⁹“What gain is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise You?
Will it proclaim Your truth?^(L)
¹⁰Lord, listen and be gracious to me;
Lord, be my helper.”^(M)

¹¹You turned my lament into dancing;
You removed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,^(N)
¹²so that I can sing to You and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will praise You forever.^(O)

Footnotes

Psalm 30:3 Some Hb mss, LXX, Theod, Orig, Syr; other Hb mss, Aq, Sym, Tg, Jer read from going down

1 Chronicles 22

Holman Christian Standard Bible

22 ¹Then David said, “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”^(A)

David’s Preparations for the Temple

²So David gave orders to gather the foreigners that were in the land of Israel,^(B) and he appointed stonecutters to cut finished stones for building God’s house.^(C) ³David supplied a great deal of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with an immeasurable quantity of bronze,^(D) ⁴and innumerable cedar logs because the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.^(E) ⁵David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly great and famous and glorious in all the lands.^(F) Therefore, I must make provision for it.” So David made lavish preparations for it before his death.

⁶Then he summoned his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the Lord God of Israel. ⁷“My son,” David said to Solomon, “It was in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,^(G) ⁸but the word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.^(H) ⁹But a son will be born to you; he will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies,^(I) for his name will be Solomon,^[a]^(J) and I will give peace and quiet to Israel during his reign.^(K) ¹⁰He is the one who will build a house for My name. He will be My son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’^(L)

¹¹“Now, my son, may the Lord be with you,^(M) and may you succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as He said about you. ¹²Above all, may the Lord give you insight and understanding when He puts you in charge of Israel so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.^(N) ¹³Then you will succeed if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances the Lord commanded Moses for Israel.^(O) Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.^(P)

¹⁴“Notice I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the Lord—3,775 tons of gold, 37,750 tons of silver,^[b]^(Q) and bronze and iron that can’t be weighed because there is so much of it. I have also provided timber and stone, but you will need to add more to them. ¹⁵You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and people skilled in every kind of work ¹⁶in gold, silver, bronze, and iron—beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you.”^(R)

¹⁷Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon: ¹⁸“The Lord your God is with you, isn’t He? And hasn’t He given you rest on every side?^(S) For He has handed the land’s inhabitants over to me, and the land has been subdued before the Lord and His people. ¹⁹Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God.^(T) Get started building the Lord God’s sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built^(U) for the name of Yahweh.”^(V)