UST PSA Chapter 30

30 David this psalm be sung the dedication of tabernacle.

1 Yahweh, I praise you

because you rescued me.

You did not allow me to die with the result that

my enemies could gloat.

2 Yahweh my God,

I called out for you to help me when I was sick,

you healed me.

3 Yahweh, when I was dying you restored me.

I was nearly dead,

but you caused me to get well.

4 All you who are faithful to Yahweh, sing praise to him.

Think about what Yahweh, the holy one,

has done, and thank him.

5 When he becomes angry,

he is angry for only a very short time,

but he is good to us all of our lives.

We may cry during the night,

but the next morning we will be joyful.

6 As for me, when my life was going well,

I said to myself,

“Nothing will ever trouble me.”

7 Yahweh, because you were good to me,

at first you caused me to be secure as a mountain.

But then you let me become ill when

you stopped protecting me from illness,

and I became greatly disturbed.

8 Then I called out to you, Yahweh,

and I pleaded for you, the Lord, to help me.

9 I said, “Yahweh, you will gain nothing if I die.

It will not benefit you at all if I go

to the place where the dead people are.

Dead people certainly are not able to praise you,

and they are not able to tell others that you are faithful.

10 Yahweh, listen to me, and act mercifully to me.

Yahweh, help me.”

11 But now you have changed my circumstances

and healed me,

and as a result I have stopped grieving

and now dance joyfully.

You have caused me to change from the clothes that showed that I was very sad

and to put on clothes that show that I am very joyful.

12 You did that so that I would not be silent

but would sing out to praise you.

Yahweh, you are my God, and I will thank you forever.