Discovery BoxPsalms 30:1 
ContextA psalm – a song used at the dedication of the temple; 2 by David.
30:1 I will praise you, O Lord, for you lifted me up, 3
and did not allow my enemies to gloat 4 over me.
Psalms 59:16
Context59:16 As for me, I will sing about your strength;
I will praise your loyal love in the morning.
For you are my refuge 5
and my place of shelter when I face trouble. 6
Psalms 68:35
Context68:35 You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! 7
It is the God of Israel 8 who gives the people power and strength.
God deserves praise! 9
1 sn Psalm 30. The author thanks the Lord for delivering him from death and urges others to join him in praise. The psalmist experienced divine discipline for a brief time, but when he cried out for help the Lord intervened and restored his favor.
2 tn Heb “a song of the dedication of the house.” The referent of “house” is unclear. It is possible that David wrote this psalm for the dedication ceremony of Solomon’s temple. Another possibility is that the psalm was used on the occasion of the dedication of the second temple following the return from exile, or on the occasion of the rededication of the temple in Maccabean times.
3 tn Elsewhere the verb דָּלָה (dalah) is used of drawing water from a well (Exod 2:16, 19; Prov 20:5). The psalmist was trapped in the pit leading to Sheol (see v. 3), but the
4 tn Or “rejoice.”
5 tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).
6 tn Heb “and my shelter in the day of my distress.”
7 tn Heb “awesome [is] God from his holy places.” The plural of מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdash, “holy places”) perhaps refers to the temple precincts (see Ps 73:17; Jer 51:51).
8 tn Heb “the God of Israel, he.”
9 tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”
