New Living Translation

Psalms • Chapter 30

1 I will exalt you, LORD, for you rescued me.<br>You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.<br> 2 O LORD my God (Elohim), I cried to you for help,<br>and you restored my health.<br> 3 You brought me up from the grave, O LORD.<br>You kept me from falling into the pit of death.<br> 4 Sing to the LORD, all you godly ones!<br>Praise his holy name.<br> 5 For his anger lasts only a moment,<br>but his favor lasts a lifetime!<br>Weeping may last through the night,<br>but joy comes with the morning.<br> 6 When I was prosperous, I said,<br>“Nothing can stop me now!”<br> 7 Your favor, O LORD, made me as secure as a mountain.<br>Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.<br> 8 I cried out to you, O LORD.<br>I begged the Lord for mercy, saying,<br> 9 “What will you gain if I die,<br>if I sink into the grave?<br>Can my dust praise you?<br>Can it tell of your faithfulness?<br> 10 Hear me, LORD, and have mercy on me.<br>Help me, O LORD.”<br> 11 You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.<br>You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,<br> 12 that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.<br>O LORD my God (Elohim), I will give you thanks forever!<br>