I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up, and have not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 O Lord my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me. 3 O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. 5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 6 Now in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.” 7 Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled. 8 I cried out to You, O Lord; and to the Lord I made supplication: 9 “What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth? 10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me; Lord, be my helper!” 11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
(Psalm 30) is titled….“A song at the dedication of the house of David.” It is thought that David wrote this Psalm later in his life after the Lord’s promise in (2 Samuel 7) that established his throne forever and gave permission for the temple to be built by his son. In a moment when he was possibly looking back, reflecting on all that the Lord has done for him and promised him. However, in this Psalm we find David talking of deliverance, grace, humility, repentance, forgiveness, and joy. The Lord is the Most High, He is high in his name, in His nature, there is none besides Him, nor like unto Him (1 Samuel 2:1-2) (Isaiah 46:9) (1 Chronicles 17:20) (Jeremiah 10:6). He is above all angels and men. He is the King of kings, and the Lord of lords. He cannot be higher than He already is (Colossians 1:13-18) (Revelation 19:16).
To extol Him is to declare Him to be what He is literally. I will exalt Thee as being God, first and supreme in my thoughts and affections. To elevate Him high in our praises. This is what David determined to do for the LORD, Why? Because God has lifted David up (delivered him) He healed David. In his life David experienced much pain and difficulty, He has been threatened by enemies numerous times, including his own household he had faced death, yet he stands delivered from everything. The Lord was the source of his deliverance. God had healed David physically, but also spiritually he had been delivered by God. God had forgiven him for his sin and had mercy on him (2 Samuel 12:13) (Psalm 32:1-11).
Not only can God heal (physically – as with David here), But He can lift us out of our sin, in which all men without the work of Jesus Christ cannot lift themselves, being without strength dead in sin. He does deliver us today just like He did for David
- He delivers us from temptation – (1 Corinthians 10:13) (Matthew 6:13) (2 Peter 2:7-9)
- He has delivered (forgiven) all our sins – (Romans 6:17-18)
Notice – what David says was the source of his affliction, in his prosperity, he believed he had become invincible, self-sufficient in his thinking. In having Uriah killed and his affair with Bathsheba; In numbering the people in spite of the warnings of Joab 2 Samuel 24:1-4)
David had been delivered, David was forgiven, so David rejoiced and David praised God,
- The Christian can rejoice in this life because we know our sins are forgiven
- We can rejoice because we have gladness, we have hope (1 Peter 1:3-5) (Luke 10:20)
- Can we sing praises to God for His goodness, His mercy, His healing, His forgiveness
- Let us not keep silent