Psalms 30
1 Yahweh, I praise you because you rescued me. You did not allow [me to die], [with the result that] my enemies could gloat/rejoice.
| מזמור שיר-חנכת הבית לדוד ב ארוממך יהוה כי דליתני ולא-שמחת איבי לי |
2 Yahweh, my God, I called out for you to help [me when I was ill], and you healed me.
| יהוה אלהי-- שועתי אליך ותרפאני |
3 You saved/restored me when I was dying [MTY]. I was nearly dead, but you caused me to get well again. (Sheol h7585)
| יהוה--העלית מן-שאול נפשי חייתני מיורדי- (מירדי-) בור (Sheol h7585) |
4 All you who belong to Yahweh, sing praise to him! Think about what [God], the holy one, has done, and thank him!
| זמרו ליהוה חסידיו והודו לזכר קדשו |
5 When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time [HYP], but he is good [to us] all of our life. We may cry during the night, but the next morning we will be joyful.
| כי רגע באפו-- חיים ברצונו בערב ילין בכי ולבקר רנה |
6 As for me, when I had no troubles, I said [to myself], “No one will defeat me!”
| ואני אמרתי בשלוי-- בל-אמוט לעולם |
7 Yahweh, because you were good to me, at first you caused me to be safe [as though I was inside] [MET] a mountain. But then [I became ill, and I thought that] you had turned away from me, and I became afraid.
| יהוה-- ברצונך העמדתה להררי-עז הסתרת פניך הייתי נבהל |
8 [Then] I called out to you, and I pleaded for you [to help me].
| אליך יהוה אקרא ואל-אדני אתחנן |
9 [I said], “Yahweh, (what will you gain if I die?/ you won’t gain anything if I die) [MTY]. (In what way will it benefit you?/it won’t benefit you at all) if I go to the place where the dead people are [RHQ]. Dead people are certainly not able to praise you [RHQ], and they are not able to tell others that you are trustworthy [RHQ]!
| מה-בצע בדמי ברדתי אל-שחת היודך עפר היגיד אמתך |
10 Yahweh, listen to me, and be merciful to me! Yahweh, help me!”
| שמע-יהוה וחנני יהוה היה-עזר לי |
11 But [now you have healed me], and you have caused me to change from being sad to dancing [joyfully]. You have taken away the clothes that showed that I was very sad and you have given me clothes that showed that I was [very] joyful.
| הפכת מספדי למחול לי פתחת שקי ותאזרני שמחה |
12 So I will not be silent; I will sing out [loudly] to praise you. Yahweh, you are my God, and I will thank you forever.
| למען יזמרך כבוד-- ולא ידם יהוה אלהי לעולם אודך |
