Psalms 30:7
in Psalms 30O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
KJV
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
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This verse in Psalms 30
Commentary
5 notes on this verseGod is said to turn away his face when in times of troubles he permits us to be delivered up to trials, in order that the strength of him who is struggling may be known.… We pray always for the face of God to shine on us, in order that we may be in a state becoming to a holy person, gentle and untroubled in every way, because of our readiness for the good. "I am ready," he says, "and am not troubled."
This site's exposition
In prosperity I said
on Psalms 30:6-7
In prosperity he said he would never be shaken. Verse 7 gives the ground of that strength, the LORD's own favour, which had made his mountain stand strong. When God hid His face, the confidence went and he was dismayed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Mountain - My kingdom: kingdoms are usually called mountains in prophetical writings.
If God hide his face, a good man is certainly troubled, though no other calamity befal him; when the sun sets night certainly follows, and the moon and all the stars cannot make day. When his mountain was shaken he lifted up his eyes above the hills. Prayer is a salve for every sore; he made use of it accordingly.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong. He ascribed his prosperity to the Lord's favour—so far good, it is well to own the hand of the Lord in all our stability and wealth. But observe that the good in a good man is not unmingled good, for this was alloyed with carnal security. His state he compares to a mountain, a molehill would have been nearer—we never think too little of ourselves.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְֽהוָ֗ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בִּרְצוֹנְךָ֮ | birtzonkha | in favor your | H7522 → | 56 times |
| הֶעֱמַ֪דְתָּה | heemadtah | you made stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לְֽהַרְרִ֫י | lehari | to mountain my | H2042 → | 12 times |
| עֹ֥ז | ʾoz | strength | H5797 → | 92 times |
| הִסְתַּ֥רְתָּ | histarta | you hid | H5641 → | 80 times |
| פָנֶ֗יךָ | faneikha | face your | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָיִ֥יתִי | hayiti | I was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| נִבְהָֽל׃ | nivhal | disturbed | H926 → | 39 times |
יְֽהוָ֗הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בִּרְצוֹנְךָ֮in favor your
birtzonkhaH7522 →56 times
הֶעֱמַ֪דְתָּהyou made stand
heemadtahH5975 →521 times
לְֽהַרְרִ֫יto mountain my
lehariH2042 →12 times
עֹ֥זstrength
ʾozH5797 →92 times
הִסְתַּ֥רְתָּyou hid
histartaH5641 →80 times
פָנֶ֗יךָface your
faneikhaH6440 →2123 times
הָיִ֥יתִיI was
hayitiH1961 →3559 times
נִבְהָֽל׃disturbed
nivhalH926 →39 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
it leads to
- Isaiah 54:7–8
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- Psalms 126:5–6
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
- Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- John 16:20–22
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Isaiah 54:7–8
Through
Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
it leads to
- Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Micah 7:18–19
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Isaiah 43:25
Through
Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
it leads to
- Psalms 69:17
Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
- Psalms 69:17
About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Basil of Caesarea, HOMILIES on the PSALMS 14:6 (PS 30); Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 2; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.