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Psalm 30:1
A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. I will extol you, LORD, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
1A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David. I will extol you, LORD, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2LORD my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
3LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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The foes remain in David’s song of praise, so the relief of being raised up still carries the memory of what threatened him.
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James 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.David credits the LORD with raising him up; James promises that the Lord will exalt those who humble themselves before him.
Psalm 25:2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.Psalm 25 asks God to prevent enemies from triumphing; Psalm 30 praises him because foes have been denied that joy.
Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able …David and Nebuchadnezzar both extol God, naming his deeds as the reason for their praise.
Psalm 35:19Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.Both passages speak of enemies rejoicing over someone’s distress: Psalm 35 asks for protection, and Psalm 30 thanks God for it.
Psalm 27:6Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.Both psalms join being lifted above enemies with praise offered to the LORD.
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Both songs praise the LORD for rescue, responding to his saving help by exalting him.
Psalm 13:4lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.Psalm 13 fears adversaries rejoicing over a fall; Psalm 30 praises God for preventing foes from rejoicing.
2 Samuel 5:11Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, with cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.David is named in both passages, though Samuel describes his house being built and the psalm’s heading names a temple dedication.
Deuteronomy 20:5The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, …Dedication is the limited shared thread: the psalm’s heading names the temple, while Deuteronomy addresses a man’s new house.
Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection …Lamentations records Jerusalem being mocked in distress; David praises God that his foes have not rejoiced over him.
2 Samuel 6:20Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who …Both passages name David in connection with contempt: Michal mocks him in Samuel, while the psalm says his foes were denied rejoicing.
2 Samuel 24:25David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was removed …Both passages credit the LORD with relief from danger, though only Samuel identifies that danger as a plague.
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Relief need not erase the memory of danger. David still names his foes, and his praise credits YHWH with raising him up.
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