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Psalm 30
The Song of the Righteous Concerning the Night of Weeping and Morning of Joy
This psalm is entitled, “A psalm and song of David.” Thus we have one of the evidences of what Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16 mean. A psalm is a song and a song is a psalm. It is thought that this was composed and sung for a festival, perhaps the dedication of David’s house.
The substance of the psalm acts as a warning to the believer not to be complacent under the blessings of God. David knew prosperity in his affairs, and had rested in the confidence that he had. Under the favour of God his mountain had stood strong, but when God withdrew His favour he plunged into dismay and distress, and even tasted as it were, the depths of death. He had shed tears, vented his mourning, and worn sackcloth, and God had heard him and turned from His anger. What a change; now he danced, wore joy as a garment, and sang and shouted with that joy.
To be chastened by God because of self-reliance and trusting in one’s arm of flesh is humbling, but recovery and restoration rejoice the heart. It is as life from the dead. Our Lord, after knowing the terrors of God and of the grave, could say in the words of Psalm 22, “He cried unto Him and He heard and my praise shall be of Thee in the great congregation.”