PSALM 30

    ¹Psalm, song for the dedication of the house, for David.

    ²I shall exalt You, LORD, for You drew me up,

          and You gave no joy to my enemies.

    ³LORD, my God,

          I cried to You and You healed me.

    ⁴LORD, You brought me up from Sheol,

          gave me life from those gone down to the Pit.

    ⁵Hymn to the LORD, O his faithful,

          acclaim his holy name.

    ⁶But a moment in His wrath,

          life in His pleasure.

    At evening one beds down weeping,

          and in the morning, glad song.

    ⁷As for me, I thought in my quiet days,

          “Never will I stumble.”

    ⁸LORD, in your pleasure You made me stand mountain-strong.

          —When You hid Your face, I was stricken.

    ⁹To You, O LORD, I call,

          and to the Master I plead.

    ¹⁰“What profit in my blood,

          in my going down deathward?

    Will dust acclaim You,

          will it tell Your truth?”

    ¹¹Hear, LORD, and grant me grace.

          LORD, become helper to me.

    ¹²You have turned my dirge to a dance for me,

          undone my sackcloth and bound me with joy.

    ¹³O, let my heart hymn You and be not still,

          LORD, my God, for all time I acclaim You.