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CHAPTER 30
David sings praises and gives thanks to the Lord—He pleads for mercy. |
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1 I WILL extol thee, O
LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast ahealed me. 3 O LORD, thou hast abrought up my bsoul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pita. |
3a that I should not go down to the pit The 'doctrine of' and understanding of the concept of the 'pit' seems to be well established in David's comprehension as he has mentioned here in Psalm 30 and in 28 as well as in Psalm 88 and elsewhere. That the 'pit' is a reference to that 'hell' or realm which Lucifer as Satan has imaged to draw his victims down and into is evident. It is the realm of the wicked after death which we have come to understand as the spirit prison which release from thence requires both repentance as well as the performace of such saving ordinances as are required. Though Satan supposes to bind men down into the pit, it is actual that realm in which Lucifer and his own angels will be cast to dwell forever without the presence of God. And those who are bound there upon their expression of faith in Christ and deliverence by the saving ordinances for the dead, will escape the pit and only Lucifer and his followers will remain for the atonement of Christ is universal and unto all men who do come unto Christ. For those who do not, the sons of perdition, will so join Satan and his host as perminant inhabitants of that hell which they have prepared for themselves. | |
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4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
5 aFor his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but bjoy cometh in the morning. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. |
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7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my
mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy aface,
and I was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. 9 aWhat profit is there in my bblood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the cdust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? |
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10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
11 Thou hast turned for me my amourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with bgladness; 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. |
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