Psalms 30:1 - Exposition

I will extol thee, O Lord ; or, "I will exalt thee," as the word is rendered in Psalms 34:3 ; Psalms 99:5 , Psalms 99:9 ; and elsewhere. For thou hast lifted me up ; or, "drawn me up," as a bucket is drawn up out of a well, or a man out of a dungeon. And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. David had still enemies at the time of his numbering the people, as appears from 2 Samuel 24:13 . Indeed, it was doubtless with some reference to the number of his foes that he wished to know how many followers he could rally to his standard in case of need. If the plague had continued much longer, David's military strength would have been seriously crippled, and his foes would have rejoiced with reason.