Psalms 30:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. ”

Psalms 30:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O, Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave - My life; me. The meaning is, that he had been in imminent danger of death, and had been brought from the borders of the grave. The word here...
Psalms 30:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

O LORD, thou hast brought up my (d) soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. (d) Meaning, that he escaped death most narrowly.
Psalms 30:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXX. Trust in God, not in Self. The Ps. was not intended originally, as the title suggests, for the purification and dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C. after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes...
Psalms 30:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. the grave. Hebrew Sheol. See App-35. that. should not go down. So in some codices and one early printed edition; but other codices read "from among" [those wh...
Psalms 30:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Thou hast brought up my soul from the grave - I and my people were both about to be...
Psalms 30:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Thou hast brought up ... - Hebrew, Sheol; Greek, Hades, the unseen world. D...
Psalms 30:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Title.—(RV) 'A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; a Psalm of David.' There is no obvious connexion between the contents of this Ps. and its title. It is a thanksgiving for recovery from...
Psalms 30:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Grave. — Sheôl (See Note to Psalms 6:5 .) That I should not go down to the pit. — This follows a reading which is considered by modern scholars ungrammatical. The ordinary reading, rightly ke...
Psalms 30:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 30:1-12 THE title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual "Psalm of David" having been enlarged by the awkward insertion of "A Song at the Dedication of the House," which probabl...
Psalms 30:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Joy Cometh in the Morning” Psalms 30:1-12 This psalm dates from 2 Samuel 5:11 . What a contrast between Adullam's cave and the house of cedar! When God has lifted us up in mercy, we should li...
Psalms 30:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song of praise for deliverance (1-5) and a meditation on the deliverance and its lessons (6-12), with a final note of praise (12). The phrases descriptive of the trouble are such as to leav...
Psalms 30:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How beautiful are these expressions, if applied to the Lord Jesus Christ? Here the subject was altogether real. David, and all other men, delivered from the snare of the enemy, may be said to be kept...
Psalms 30:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave ,.... When his life being in danger, was near unto it, Job 33:22 ; otherwise the soul dies not, nor does it lie and sleep in the grave; or "thou...
Psalms 30:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Ver. 3. O Lord, thou hast brought up, &c. ] Here he saith the same again as...
Psalms 30:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast healed me That is, delivered me from the fears and troubles of my mind, (which are often compared to diseases,) and from very dangerous distempers of my body. For the original word is use...
Psalms 30:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Thanksgiving and Praise. A psalm and song at the dedication of the house of David. 1 I will extol thee, O L ORD...
Psalms 30:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou hast brought up my soul from the grave; my deliverance is a kind of resurrection from the grave, upon the very brink whereof I was. Thou hast kept me alive: this he adds to explain the forme...
Psalms 30:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

An Expression Of Gratitude To YHWH For His Deliverance From Death ( Psalms 30:1-3 ). Psalms 30:1-3 I will exalt you, O YHWH, for you have raised me up, And have not made my foes to rejoice ove...
Psalms 30:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This psalm was composed after recovery from a sickness which had very nearly proved fatal. The singer begins with an inscription of praise to God for His great goodness, and calls upon...
Psalms 30:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

grave Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Psalms 30:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

May the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writer of this Psalm, now lead us into its inner meaning! It is entitled «A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David; «or, rather, «A Psalm; a song...
Psalms 30:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The title is, a psalm and song. Chrysostom, in his prologue, understands it of a song set to the organ, or a concert of music, and sung when David dedicated his palace in the city of Zion. Here his...
Psalms 30:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will extol Thee, O Lord; for Thou hast lifted me up. A Psalm of deliverance The title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual “Psalm of David” having been enlarged by the awkward i...
Psalms 30:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of thanksgiving from first to last, and commemorates a deliverance from a great danger. It is divided into two unequal portions—one of five and the ether of seven...
Psalms 30:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer of Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death. A psalm and song, literally, "a psalm song," a composition to be sung with musical accompaniment, at the dedication of the house of David, of h...
Psalms 30:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 38:17 ; Isaiah 38:18 ; Job 33:19-22 ; Job 33:28 ; Jonah 2:4-6 ; Psalms 16:10 ; Psalms 28:1 ; Psalms 40:1 ; Psalms 40:2 ; Psalms 56:13 ; Psalms 71:20 ; Psalms 86:13 ; Psalms 116:8...

Psalms 30:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 30:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 30:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 30:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 30:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 30:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 30:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 30:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 30:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 30:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 30:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 30:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 30:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 30:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 30:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 30:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge