## Psalms Chapter 30

###### Psalms 30:1
[Psalms 30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:1)

מִזְמ֡וֹר שִׁיר־חֲנֻכַּ֖ת הַבַּ֣יִת לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house; of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A psalm, a song [(to be chanted by the Levites)], for the consecration of the house [(the Temple, in the days of Solomon)], of David.


###### Psalms 30:2
[Psalms 30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:2)

אֲרוֹמִמְךָ֣ יְ֭הֹוָה כִּ֣י דִלִּיתָ֑נִי וְלֹֽא־שִׂמַּ֖חְתָּ אֹיְבַ֣י לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will extol Thee, O Lord; for Thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall exalt You, O L rd, for You have uplifted me and did not let my foes rejoice over me. [(My foes said that I had no share in the world to come [because of the sin with Bathsheva], but when they saw that the Temple gates would not open to admit the ark until my merits had been invoked [viz. 24:7], they knew that G d had forgiven me.)]


###### Psalms 30:3
[Psalms 30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:3)

יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֑י שִׁוַּ֥עְתִּי אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ וַתִּרְפָּאֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord my God, I cried to Thee and Thou hast healed me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, my G d, I cried out to You, and You healed me [i.e., forgave me].


###### Psalms 30:4
[Psalms 30:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:4)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה הֶעֱלִ֣יתָ מִן־שְׁא֣וֹל נַפְשִׁ֑י חִ֝יִּיתַ֗נִי (מיורדי) [מִיׇּֽרְדִי־]בֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, Thou hast brought up my soul from She᾽ol: Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, You raised my soul from Sheol; You spared me from descent to the pit [(Gehinnom)].


###### Psalms 30:5
[Psalms 30:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:5)

זַמְּר֣וּ לַיהֹוָ֣ה חֲסִידָ֑יו וְ֝הוֹד֗וּ לְזֵ֣כֶר קׇדְשֽׁוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Sing to the Lord, O his pious ones, and give thanks to his holy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Sing to the L rd, [you,] His saintly ones, [(for though you be steeped in affliction, you can trust to His goodness [seeing what He has done for me])], and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.


###### Psalms 30:6
[Psalms 30:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:6)

כִּ֤י רֶ֨גַע**׀** בְּאַפּוֹ֮ חַיִּ֢ים בִּרְצ֫וֹנ֥וֹ בָּ֭עֶרֶב יָלִ֥ין בֶּ֗כִי וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר רִנָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For his anger endures but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For His wrath is [but] a moment; there is [long] life in His conciliation. Weeping shall bed down in the evening; and, in the morning, joy [shall awake]!


###### Psalms 30:7
[Psalms 30:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:7)

וַ֭אֲנִי אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְשַׁלְוִ֑י בַּל־אֶמּ֥וֹט לְעוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.


###### Psalms 30:8
[Psalms 30:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:8)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה בִּרְצוֹנְךָ֮ הֶעֱמַ֢דְתָּה לְֽהַרְרִ֫י־עֹ֥ז הִסְתַּ֥רְתָּ פָנֶ֗יךָ הָיִ֥יתִי נִבְהָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lord, by Thy favour Thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide Thy face, and I was affrighted.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[But, I found that my tranquility was not mine to command.] O, L rd, in Your favor You set up my mountain [i.e., my greatness] as a stronghold — You hid Your face, and I was confounded!


###### Psalms 30:9
[Psalms 30:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:9)

אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֶקְרָ֑א וְאֶל־אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I cried to Thee, O Lord; and to the Lord I made supplication.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To You, O L rd, would I [always] call; to my L rd would I make supplication, [saying:]


###### Psalms 30:10
[Psalms 30:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:10)

מַה־בֶּ֥צַע בְּדָמִי֮ בְּרִדְתִּ֢י אֶ֫ל־שָׁ֥חַת הֲיוֹדְךָ֥ עָפָ֑ר הֲיַגִּ֥יד אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
What profits my blood if I descend to the pit? Shall dust praise You? Shall it speak Your truth?


###### Psalms 30:11
[Psalms 30:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:11)

שְׁמַע־יְהֹוָ֥ה וְחׇנֵּ֑נִי יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה הֱֽיֵה־עֹזֵ֥ר לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me: Lord, be Thou my helper.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear, O L rd, and be gracious to me. O L rd, be a help to me.


###### Psalms 30:12
[Psalms 30:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:12)

הָפַ֣כְתָּ מִסְפְּדִי֮ לְמָח֢וֹל לִ֥֫י פִּתַּ֥חְתָּ שַׂקִּ֑י וַֽתְּאַזְּרֵ֥נִי שִׂמְחָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have turned my mourning to a dance for me. You have loosened my [mourning] sack and girded me with joy.


###### Psalms 30:13
[Psalms 30:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/30:13)

לְמַ֤עַן**׀** יְזַמֶּרְךָ֣ כָ֭בוֹד וְלֹ֣א יִדֹּ֑ם יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י לְעוֹלָ֥ם אוֹדֶֽךָּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to the end that my glory may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to Thee forever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So that my soul sing to You and not be silent. O L rd, my G d, forever shall I praise You.