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Psalm 30:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Psalm 30[a]

Thanksgiving for Deliverance

1 A psalm. A song for the dedication of the Temple.[b] Of David.

I

2 I praise you, Lord, for you raised me up
    and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
3 O Lord, my God,
    I cried out to you for help and you healed[c] me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30 An individual thanksgiving in four parts: praise and thanks for deliverance and restoration (Ps 30:2–4); an invitation to others to join in (Ps 30:5–6); a flashback to the time before deliverance (Ps 30:7–11); a return to praise and thanks (Ps 30:12). Two sets of images recur: 1) going down, death, silence; 2) coming up, life, praising. God has delivered the psalmist from one state to the other.
  2. 30:1 For the dedication of the Temple: a later adaptation of the Psalm to celebrate the purification of the Temple in 164 B.C. during the Maccabean Revolt.
  3. 30:3 Healed: for God as healer, see also Ps 103:3; 107:20; Hos 6:1; 7:1; 11:3; 14:5.
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