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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 30:6-12

We have, in these verses, an account of three several states that David was in successively, and of the workings of his heart towards God in each of those states?what he said and did, and how his heart stood affected; in the first of these we may see what we are too apt to be, and in the other two what we should be. I. He had long enjoyed prosperity, and then he grew secure and over-confident of the continuance of it (Ps. 30:6, 7): ?In my prosperity, when I was in health of body and God had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:6

And in my prosperity ,.... Either outward prosperity, when he was settled in his kingdom, and as acknowledged king by all the tribes of Israel, and had gotten the victory over all his enemies, and was at rest from them round about; or inward and spiritual prosperity, having a spiritual appetite for the word, being in the lively exercise of grace, growing in it, and in the knowledge of Christ; favoured with communion with God, having flesh discoveries of pardoning grace and mercy, corruptions... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:7

Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong ,.... The psalmist found himself mistaken, and acknowledges it; that as it was not owing to his own merit that he enjoyed the prosperity that he did, so neither was the continuance of it owing to his goodness, power, and strength, but to the free grace and favour of God; as the church of God is compared to a mountain, and the several individuals of believers are like to Mount Zion, so the soul of a child of God may be called his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:8

I cried to thee, O Lord ,.... In his trouble, when the Lord had hid his face from him, and he was sensible that he had departed from him: he was not stupid and unaffected with it; nor did he turn his back upon God, and seek to others; but he cried after a departing God, which showed love to him, and some degree of faith in him, by looking again towards his holy temple, and waiting upon him until he returned; and unto the Lord I made supplication ; in the most humble manner; entreating... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:9

What profit is there in my blood ?.... Should that be shed, and he die by the hands of his enemies, through divine permission: death is not profitable to a man's self by way of merit; it does not atone for sin, satisfy justice, and merit heaven; even the death of martyrs, and of such who shed their blood, died in the cause of Christ, and for his sake, is not meritorious; it does not profit in such sense: there is profit in no blood but in the blood of Christ, by which peace is made, pardon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 30:10

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me ,.... By lifting up the light of his countenance again upon him; by manifesting and applying his pardoning grace to him, and by delivering him out of all his afflictions; Lord, be thou my helper ; in this time of trouble; for he knew that vain was the help of man; and he was entirely in the right to betake himself to the Lord, who was able to help him, when none else could. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:6

In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved - Peace and prosperity had seduced the heart of David, and led him to suppose that his mountain - his dominion, stood so strong, that adversity could never affect him. He wished to know the physical and political strength of his kingdom; and, forgetting to depend upon God, he desired Joab to make a census of the people; which God punished in the manner related in 2 Samuel 24, and which he in this place appears to acknowledge. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:7

Thou didst hide thy face - Thou didst show thyself displeased with me for my pride and forgetfulness of thee: and then I found how vainly I had trusted in an arm of flesh. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:8

I cried to thee, O Lord - I found no help but in him against whom I had sinned. See his confession and prayer, 2 Samuel 24:17 ; (note). Made supplication - Continued to urge my suit; was instant in prayer. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 30:9

What profit is there in my blood - My being cut off will not magnify thy mercy. Let not the sword, therefore, come against me. If spared and pardoned, I will declare thy truth; I will tell to all men what a merciful and gracious Lord I have found. Hear, therefore, O Lord; Psalm 30:10 . read more

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