Psalms [Praises] 30:1-9

¹I will extol you, Adonai , for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

²Adonai my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.

³Adonai , you have brought up my soul from Sheol ·Place of the dead·. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol).

⁴Sing zahmar ·musical praise· to Adonai , you saints of his. Yadah ·Extend hands in thankful praise· to his holy name.

⁵For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

⁶As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”

⁷You, Adonai , when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.

⁸I cried to you, Adonai . I made supplication to the Lord:

⁹“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you? Shall it declare your truth?