Psalm 30:1-12 I will extol you, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.… It was doubtless very different from the cottage he occupied when he was a shepherd. But there was no impropriety in this change. As a king he was obliged to do many things from a regard to his station rather than from personal choice. Yet he was godly there as in his former abode. Hence, entering his new house, he consecrates it to God. Let it be our concern that our dwelling may be the house of God while we live, and the gate of heaven when we die. David was a poet, and he here elaborates his deliverance from a dangerous disease. I. DAVID'S MIND BEFORE HIS AFFLICTION — he had thought and said, "1 shall never be moved. Hence the need of affliction. II. UNDER IT. He cried to the Lord. III. AFTER THE AFFLICTION Renewed consecration to God. Hence his vow to build a house for the Lord. (W. Jay.) Parallel Verses KJV: {A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.WEB: I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. |
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