Psalm 30

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 122 St Minver, 130 St Fulbert

1    Lord, I will thee extol, for thou

            hast lifted me on high,

      And over me thou to rejoice

            mad’st not mine enemy.

2    O thou who art the Lord my God,

            I in distress to thee,

      With loud cries lifted up my voice,

            and thou hast healed me.

3    O Lord, my soul thou hast brought up,

            and rescu’d from the grave;

      That I to pit should not go down,

            alive thou didst me save.

4    O ye that are his holy ones,

            sing praise unto the Lord;

      And give unto him thanks, when ye

            his holiness record.

5    For but a moment lasts his wrath;

            life in his favour lies:

      Weeping may for a night endure,

            at morn doth joy arise.

6    In my prosperity I said,

            that nothing shall me move.

7    O Lord, thou hast my mountain made

            to stand strong by thy love:

      But when that thou, O gracious God,

            didst hide thy face from me,

      Then quickly was my prosp’rous state

            turn’d into misery.

8    Wherefore unto the Lord my cry

            I caused to ascend:

      My humble supplication

            I to the Lord did send.

9    What profit is there in my blood,

            when I go down to pit?

      Shall unto thee the dust give praise?

            thy truth declare shall it?

10  Hear, Lord, have mercy; help me, Lord:

11        Thou turned hast my sadness

      To dancing; yea, my sackcloth loos’d,

            and girded me with gladness;

12  That sing thy praise my glory may,

            and never silent be.

      O Lord my God, for evermore

            I will give thanks to thee.