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Corpus Psalterium · Vol. II

Psalm XXX (30)

Cantillated — Deliverance Turning

Paul Whitehorn

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Psalm 30 in Hebrew and English, and the words as they are sung.

Heb 1

A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.

מִזְמ֡וֹר שִׁיר־חֲנֻכַּ֖ת הַבַּ֣יִת לְדָוִֽד׃

1Heb 2

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

אֲרוֹמִמְךָ֣ יְ֭הוָה כִּ֣י דִלִּיתָ֑נִי וְלֹא־שִׂמַּ֖חְתָּ אֹיְבַ֣י לִֽי׃

2Heb 3

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

יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֑י שִׁוַּ֥עְתִּי אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ וַתִּרְפָּאֵֽנִי׃

3Heb 4

Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

יְֽהוָ֗ה הֶֽעֱלִ֣יתָ מִן־שְׁא֣וֹל נַפְשִׁ֑י חִ֝יִּיתַ֗נִי מיורדי־בֽוֹר׃

4Heb 5

Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.

זַמְּר֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חֲסִידָ֑יו וְ֝הוֹד֗וּ לְזֵ֣כֶר קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃

5Heb 6

For 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.

כִּ֤י רֶ֨גַע ׀ בְּאַפּוֹ֮ חַיִּ֪ים בִּרְצ֫וֹנ֥וֹ בָּ֭עֶרֶב יָלִ֥ין בֶּ֗כִי וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר רִנָּֽה׃

6Heb 7

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

וַ֭אֲנִי אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְשַׁלְוִ֑י בַּל־אֶמּ֥וֹט לְעוֹלָֽם׃

7Heb 8

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

יְֽהוָ֗ה בִּרְצוֹנְךָ֮ הֶעֱמַ֪דְתָּה לְֽהַרְרִ֫י עֹ֥ז הִסְתַּ֥רְתָּ פָנֶ֗יךָ הָיִ֥יתִי נִבְהָֽל׃

8Heb 9

I cried to you, Yahweh. I made supplication to the Lord:

אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה אֶקְרָ֑א וְאֶל־אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃

9Heb 10

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

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

10Heb 11

Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper.”

שְׁמַע־יְהוָ֥ה וְחָנֵּ֑נִי יְ֝הוָה הֱֽיֵה־עֹזֵ֥ר לִֽי׃

11Heb 12

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

הָפַ֣כְתָּ מִסְפְּדִי֮ לְמָח֪וֹל לִ֥י פִּתַּ֥חְתָּ שַׂקִּ֑י וַֽתְּאַזְּרֵ֥נִי שִׂמְחָֽה׃

12Heb 13

to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

לְמַ֤עַן ׀ יְזַמֶּרְךָ֣ כָ֭בוֹד וְלֹ֣א יִדֹּ֑ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י לְעוֹלָ֥ם אוֹדֶֽךָּ׃

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: World English Bible (public domain). Verse numbers follow the English Bible; the Hebrew numbering is shown beneath where it differs.

I will exalt You

O LORD

You lifted me

You lifted me

You did not let

my enemies rejoice

O LORD my God

I cried to You

You healed me

You healed me

You brought my soul

up from the grave

You kept me alive

from the pit

Sing to the LORD

you faithful ones

Give thanks

to His holy name

For His anger

lasts a moment

But His favor

lasts a lifetime

Weeping may stay

through the night

But joy comes

in the morning

Joy comes

in the morning

When I felt secure

I said

I will never be shaken

O LORD

You made me stand strong

But when You hid Your face

I was afraid

To You O LORD

I called

To the Lord

I cried for mercy

What gain is there

in my death

If I go down

to the pit

Will the dust

praise You

Will it proclaim

Your truth

Hear me LORD

be gracious

Be my help

be my help

You turned

my mourning

into dancing

You removed

my sackcloth

You clothed me

with joy

You turned

my mourning

into dancing

You turned

my sorrow

into joy

So my heart

will sing

and not be silent

O LORD my God

I will praise You

forever

I will praise You

forever

I will praise You

forever

Lyrics by Paul Whitehorn: a singable English rendering of the Hebrew, as sung on this recording.

Corpus Psalterium sets each psalm to music by its Hebrew grammar. Didactic psalms teach; Cantillated psalms are spoken, sung or performed before God. Hear all 150 psalms free.

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What These Songs Are, and What They Are Not

These songs are not a word-for-word translation of the Psalms. They were never meant to be. Nor do they try to capture every idea in every psalm. In a song, that would be impossible.

What we have done is capture the essence of each psalm: what matters most in it. Think of each song as a summary. Think of it as a cheat sheet. The purpose of the psalm is still being met. God's word to mankind is still being heard.

Behind many of these lines is word research: deep study of the meaning of the Hebrew. So where a line sounds different from your translation, and you think it is wrong, study it. We believe you will find that the essence of what we sing is true.

The truth is that no one can set the Psalms to music without also becoming a commentator. That is what this is. It is a modern commentary on the Psalms: not only the Psalms themselves, and not only the Psalms being sung. So do not think that every word of the psalm is here. It is not. Read the psalm itself, in full.

Why do this at all? Because we believe God intended humanity to be surrounded by His word. This was always the entertainment He wanted us to have: not hours of television, not a day lost in a phone looking at nonsense. The blessed man of Psalm 1 meditates on God's word day and night. How can we meditate on His word if we do not surround ourselves with it?

As ministers, our first responsibility is to share God's word with people. That is what these songs are for.

Paul Whitehorn