Psalm 30, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
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1

I will exalt you, O LORD,
for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
 

2

O LORD my God, I called to you for help
and you healed me.
 

3

O LORD, you brought me up from the grave;
you spared me from going down into the pit.
 

4

Sing to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise his holy name.
 

5

For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favour lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
 

6

When I felt secure, I said,
“I will never be shaken.”
 

7

O LORD, when you favoured me,
you made my mountain stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
I was dismayed.
 

8

To you, O LORD, I called;
to the Lord I cried for mercy:
 

9

“What gain is there in my destruction,
in my going down into the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
 

10

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me;
O LORD, be my help.”
 

11

You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
 

12

that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.