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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 53 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 53. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/53/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 53. Psalm 30

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[¶0] A Psalm of a Song at the dedication of the house of David

[¶1] 1 I will exalt thee, O Jehovah! for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made glad my enemies over me.

[¶2] 2 O Jehovah, my God! I have cried to thee, And thou hast healed me.

[¶3] 3 O Jehovah! thou hast brought up from the grove my soul; Thou hast quickened me from among those who descend into the pit.

[¶4] 4 Sing to Jehovah, O ye his meek ones! And acknowledge the memorial of his holiness.

[¶5] 5 For there is only a moment in his anger, But life in his favor: In the evening will lodge weeping, And in the morning shall come exultation.

[¶6] 6 But as for me I had said in my tranquillity, “I shall not be moved for ever.”

[¶7] 7 O Jehovah! in thy good pleasure Thou hast established strength to my mountain; Thou didst hide thy face, I was confounded.

[¶8] 8 O Jehovah! to thee I cried, And to my Lord I made supplication.

[¶9] 9 What profit shall there be in my blood, When I descend into the pit? Celebrate thee shall the dust? Shall it proclaim thy truth?

[¶10] 10 Hear, O Jehovah! and have mercy upon me; O Jehovah! be thou a helper to me.

[¶11] 11 Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing for me; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girded me with gladness.

[¶12] 12 That celebrate thee in psalms may my glory, and not be silent: O Jehovah, my God! for ever will I celebrate thee.