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Psalms 30:4-5

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 30:4 The singer urges his fellow worshipers to join him, to sing praises and give thanks. Though there is indeed weeping in the lives of the faithful, it comes to an end. Morning stands for the time when God gives relief (compare Psalms 90:14).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 30:4. _SING UNTO THE LORD, O YE SAINTS OF HIS_] Ye _priests_, who wait upon him in his sanctuary, and whose business it is to offer prayers and sacrifices for the people, magnify him for...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SING UNTO THE LORD, O YE SAINTS OF HIS - This call upon others to give thanks to God is in view of the mercy which he had experienced. He invites them to unite with him in celebrating the praises of t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 30 A Psalm of Praise _ 1. Praise for deliverance (Psalms 30:1)_ 2. Past experience (Psalms 30:6) Psalms 30:1. The inscr

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XXX. TRUST IN GOD, NOT IN SELF. The Ps. was not intended originally, as the title suggests, for the purification and dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C. after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes (p....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SING. Sing praises. SAINTS. favoured ones: literally men endued with grace. The natural man cannot do this (1 Corinthians 2:14)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Sing_ Sing praise (R.V.); or, _sing psalms._ saints See note on Psalms 4:3. _at the remembrance of his holiness_ Lit. _to the memorial of his holiness_, and so virtually, as R.V., to his holy name....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    An invitation to the godly to join in thanksgiving, in view of those attributes of Jehovah of which the Psalmist has just had experience. Cp. Psalms 9:11; Psalms 22:23....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GIVE THANKS AT THE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS HOLINESS— The _holiness_ of God here refers particularly to his truth and faithfulness to his promises, which argues the rectitude and sanctity of his nature. Of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 30 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song of Joy on Recovery from Sickness. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 30:1-3, Declaration of Praise and its Occasion. Stanza II., Psalms 30:4-5, Call on Levites to Praise,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SING UNTO THE LORD, O YE SAINTS OF HIS, AND GIVE THANKS AT THE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS HOLINESS._ David's particular case is a sample of the universal character of God's gracious dealings with all His pe...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    30:4 saints (d-6) _ Chasid_ . those characterized by piety, grace, goodness; see Psalms 16:10 , and Note on 2 Chronicles 6:42 . 'Saints,' Psalms 16:3 , is _ Kadoshim_ , 'holy ones.' holiness....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Title.—(RV) 'A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; _a Psalm_ of David.' There is no obvious connexion between the contents of this Ps. and its title. It is a thanksgiving for recovery from a...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AT THE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS HOLINESS] RV 'to his holy name.' For 'remembrance' or 'memorial' in the sense of 'name' see Psalms 9:6....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SING UNTO... — Better, _Play to Jehovah, ye saints of his._ (See Note, Psalms 16:10.) AND GIVE THANKS. — Better, _and sing praises to his holy name._ (See margin.) Possibly Exodus 3:15 was in the poet...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 30:5]_ זַמְּר֣וּ לַ יהוָ֣ה חֲסִידָ֑יו וְ֝...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 30:1 THE title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual "Psalm of David" having been enlarged by the awkward insertion of "A Song at the Dedication of the House," which probably indic...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING” Psalms 30:1 This psalm dates from 2 Samuel 5:11. What a contrast between Adullam's cave and the house of cedar! When God has lifted us up in mercy, we should lift Him up...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a song of praise for deliverance (1-5) and a meditation on the deliverance and its lessons (6-12), with a final note of praise (12). The phrases descriptive of the trouble are such as to leave...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Sing unto the LORD, O ye (e) saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. (e) The word signifies them who have received mercy, and show mercy liberally to others....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Nourish. Hebrew, guide. (Haydock) --- Symmachus, "take care of me." (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here again, what a personal application this hath to the saints of his. Resurrection to them is among the highest of their triumphs. But our Lord Jesus Christ himself makes this a glorious event only...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._Sing unto Jehovah. _The better to testify his gratitude, David calls upon all the saints to join with him in singing the praises of God; and under one class he describes the whole body. As he had b...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Psalms 30 we have the contrast between trust in prosperity even in that given of God and in God Himself. He has come in and lifted up the poor, and not left him to his foes. His favor is life. If a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SING UNTO THE LORD, O YE SAINTS OF HIS,.... Such to whom he has been gracious and merciful, and has blessed with pardoning grace, and justifying righteousness, adoption, and a right to eternal life; a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. Ver. 4. _Sing unto the Lord_] Here he calleth in help to praise God, as holding himself too weak to do it a...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Give thanks at the remembrance_ Or, _at the mention, of his holiness_ When you call to mind, or when others celebrate, as I do this day, the holiness of God's nature; which he manifests by his works,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH. A psalm and song, literally, "a psalm song," a composition to be sung with musical accompaniment, at the dedication of the house of David, of his...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of His, in psalms of joy, AND GIVE THANKS AT THE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS HOLINESS, praising His holy memory by keeping His name before their hearts and minds always....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    AT THE REMEMBERANCE: Or, to the memorial...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Or, _at the mention_, &c.; when you call to mind, or when others celebrate, as I do, this day, the holiness of God's nature; which he demonstrates by his works, by his faithfulness, care, and kindness...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 30:4 Sing H2167 (H8761) LORD H3068 saints H2623 thanks H3034 (H8685) remembrance H2143 name H6944...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HE CALLS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE TO JOIN WITH HIM IN HIS GRATITUDE (PSALMS 30:4). Psalms 30:4 Sing praise to YHWH, O you holy ones of his, And give thanks to the memorial of his holiness. For his anger...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    May the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writer of this Psalm, now lead us into its inner meaning! It is entitled «A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David; «or, rather, «A Psalm; a song...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Thanksgiving for answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should hem all our blessings with praise lest they unravel. Let us never forget to pray, nor ever doubt the succes...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The title is, _a psalm and song._ Chrysostom, in his prologue, understands it of a song set to the organ, or a concert of music, and sung when David dedicated his palace in the city of Zion. Here his...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of His._ SINGING SAINTS Singing has a curative effect upon many of the maladies of the soul; I am sure that it lightens the burdens of life, and I was about to say t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will extol Thee, O Lord; for Thou hast lifted me up._ A PSALM OF DELIVERANCE The title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual “Psalm of David” having been enlarged by the awkward inser...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “This psalm was composed after recovery from a sickness which had very nearly proved fatal. The singer begins with an inscription of praise to God for His great goodness, and calls upon a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of thanksgiving from first to last, and commemorates a deliverance from a great danger. It is divided into two unequal portions—one of five and the ether of seven verses....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    I will extol thee, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and you've not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto you, and you healed me. O LORD, you have brought up my soul from the g...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:4; Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 6:3; Psalms 103:20; Psa

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