Psalm 30:1 - Easy To Read Version Lord, you lifted me up out of my troubles.\par You did not let my enemies \{defeat me\par and\} laugh at me.\par So I will show honor to you.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I WILL extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me. American Standard Version (1901) I will extol thee, O Jehovah; for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. Common English Bible I exalt you, LORD, because you pulled me up; you didn’t let my enemies celebrate over me. Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. A Psalm of David according to an ecstasy. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. |
David went back to his house in Jerusalem. David had left ten of his wives [114] to take care of the house. David had put these women in a special house. [115] He put guards around this house. The women stayed in this house until they died. David took care of the women and gave them food, but he did not have sexual relations with them. They lived like widows until they died.
Then David built an altar [172] to the Lord there. David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David. Hiram also sent cedar trees, carpenters and stonemasons. They built a house for David.
David went back to bless his house. But Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. Michal said, “The king of Israel did not honor himself today! You took off your clothes in front of your servants’ girls. [48] You were like a fool who takes off his clothes without shame!”
King David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a fancy house made of cedar wood, but God’s Holy Box [49] is still kept in a tent! {We should build a nice building for the Holy Box.}”
Solomon killed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. These were for the fellowship offerings. In this way, the king and the people of Israel showed that they had given the temple to the Lord.
Joab did not count the family groups of Levi and Benjamin. Joab did not count those family groups because he did not like King David’s order.
If that happens, my enemy will say\par “I beat him!”\par My enemy would be happy\par if he defeated me.\par
Lord, those people are wicked.\par Don’t let them have what they want.\par Don’t let their plans succeed.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [640]})\i0 \par
I praise you my God and King.\par I bless your name forever and ever.\par
My God, I trust you,\par and I will not be disappointed.\par My enemies will not laugh at me.\par
My enemies have surrounded me.\par But the Lord will help me defeat them!\par Then I will offer sacrifices {\cf2\super [164]} in his tent. {\cf2\super [165]} \par I will give the sacrifices\par with shouts of joy.\par I will sing and play songs\par to honor the Lord.\par
God, save your people.\par Bless the people who belong to you.\par Lead them and honor them {\cf2\super [172]} forever!\par
My lying enemies will not keep laughing.\par Surely my enemies will be punished\par for their secret plans. {\cf2\super [219]} \par
Lord, don’t let my enemy hurt me.\par Then I will know\par that you didn’t send them to hurt me.\par
Don’t let other nations say to us,\par “Where is your God?\par Can’t he help you?”\par God, punish those people so we can see it.\par Punish them for killing your servants.\par
The countries around us insulted us.\par The people around us laughed at us\par and made fun of us.\par
The people that pass by on the road\par clap their hands at you in shock.\par They whistle and shake their heads\par at the Daughter of Jerusalem.\par They ask,\par “Is this the city that people called,\par ‘The Perfectly Beautiful City’ and\par ‘The Joy of all the Earth’?”\par
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise, honor, and glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right. He is always fair. And he is able to make proud people humble!
“Those {Levite} officers will say to the soldiers, ‘Is there any man here that has built a new house, but has not yet dedicated it? That man should go back home. He might be killed in the battle. And then another person will dedicate that man’s house.