Psalms 30:3

So desperate was his sickness that his recovery was as life from the dead, a veritable resurrection from the grave.

from the grave R.V. from Sheol. See note on Psalms 6:5. Cp. 1 Samuel 2:6.

thou hast kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit Better, thou hast restored me to life from among them that go down to the pit. He was already as good as dead, when Jehovah raised him up again. Cp. Psalms 9:13; Psalms 88:4 ff. This is the reading of the Kthîbh, which is supported by the LXX and Syr., and by Psalms 28:1. The A.V. that I should not go downfollows the Qrç, which is supported by the Targ. and Jer., but involves an anomalous grammatical form, and gives a less vigorous sense.