Psalms 30:10

Psalms 30:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
• New International Version (NIV)Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me; Lord, be my help.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me! O Lord, be my helper!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me; Lord, be my helper!”

Context of Psalms 30:10

8I called to you for help, Lord. I asked you to be kind to me, my Lord. 9If I go down into the deep hole of death, that will not help you! My dead body cannot praise you there! It cannot tell people to trust you! Lord, please listen to me! Please be kind to me! Lord, please be my helper! 11Now you have caused me to stop crying, so that I dance instead! I do not need to wear sackcloth, because I am no longer sad. Instead, you have made me very happy. 12So I am truly happy and I will sing to praise you. I cannot stay quiet! Lord, my God, I will continue to thank you for ever.

Psalms 30:10 word by word

שְׁמַע־יְהוָ֥ה וְחָנֵּ֑נִי יְ֝הוָה הֱֽיֵה־עֹזֵ֥ר לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and have mercyחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• be thou my helperעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826

Cross-references for Psalms 30:10

• Psalms 51:1Please forgive me, God, because of your faithful love. Because you are so kind, please clean away my sins.
• Psalms 143:1Lord, I pray to you for help. Please listen to me. Answer me, because you do what is right, and I know that I can trust you.
• Psalms 28:7The Lord makes me strong. He keeps me safe like a shield. I trust in him completely, and he has helped me. I am very happy, and I will thank him with my songs.
• Psalms 54:4But I know that God is the one who gives me help. My Lord takes care of me.

Commentaries on Psalms 30:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me, - etc. This, too, is the prayer which he uttered in the calamities adverted to in Psalm 30:7. It is a cry for mercy founded on the idea referred to in Psalm 30:9.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 When things are well with us, we are very apt to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, it becomes us to think with shame upon our carnal security as our folly. If God hide his face, a good man is troubled, though no other calamity befal him. But if God, in wisdom and justice, turn from us, it will be the greatest folly if we turn from him. No; let us learn to pray in the dark. The sanctified spirit, which returns to God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12The psalmist faced death (also in Psalm 30:1–3), either literally or figuratively. When he turned to the Lord, the Lord rescued him and changed his mourning into joyful dancing. Only God's favor can permanently and powerfully overcome human failure and deep despair.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-118-11. As in Psa 6:5; 88:10; Is 38:18, the appeal for mercy is based on the destruction of his agency in praising God here, which death would produce. The terms expressing relief are poetical, and not to be pressed, though "dancing" is the translation of a word which means a lute, whose cheerful notes are contrasted with mourning, or (Am 5:16) wailing.Read the comment

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• Afflictions and Adversities

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Commentaries on Psalms 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings