Psalm 30

¹ I WILL magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up * and not made my foes to triumph over me.

² O Lord my God, I cried unto thee * and thou hast healed me.

³ Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell * thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit.

⁴ Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye saints of his * and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness.

⁵ For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life * heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

⁶ And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be removed * thou, Lord, of thy goodness hast made my hill so strong.

⁷ Thou didst turn thy face from me * and I was troubled.

⁸ Then cried I unto thee, O Lord * and gat me to my Lord right humbly.

⁹ What profit is there in my blood * when I go down to the pit?

¹⁰ Shall the dust give thanks unto thee * or shall it declare thy truth?

¹¹ Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me * Lord, be thou my helper.

¹² Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy * thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.

¹³ Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing * O my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.