Psalms — Chapter 30
A psalm of David. A song for the dedication of the House.athe House I.e., the temple.
I extol You, O ETERNAL One,for You have lifted me up,and not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O my ETERNAL God,I cried out to You,and You healed me.
O ETERNAL One, You brought me up from Sheol,preserved me from going down into the Pit.
O you faithful of GOD, sing out,and praise that holy name.
For [God] is angry but a moment,and when pleased, there is life.One may lie down weeping at nightfall;bOne may lie down weeping at nightfall Or “Weeping may linger for the night.” but at dawn there are shouts of joy.
When I was untroubled,I thought, “I shall never be shaken,”
for You, O ETERNAL One, when You were pleased,made [me]c[me] Following Saadia, R. Isaiah of Trani; cf. Ibn Ezra. firm as a mighty mountain.When You hid Your face,I was terrified.
I called to You, O ETERNAL One;to my Sovereign I made appeal,
“What is to be gained from my death,ddeath Lit. “blood.” from my descent into the Pit?Can dust praise You?Can it declare Your faithfulness?
Hear, O ETERNAL One, and have mercy on me;O ETERNAL One, be my help!”
You turned my lament into dancing,you undid my sackcloth and girded me with joy,
that [my] whole being might sing hymns to You endlessly;O my ETERNAL God, I will praise You forever.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
Divine Compassion & Mercy
Quran 1:1
“In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”
Luke 6:36
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Snp 1.8
“As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings.”
Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 1
“One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred.”
Impermanence & Letting Go
Dhammapada 20:277
“All conditioned things are impermanent. When one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
Tao Te Ching 76
“A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. The soft and yielding is the disciple of life.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.”
Bhagavad Gita 2:22
“As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.”