Psalm 30

[1]   I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up,  

          and did not let my foes rejoice over me.  

[2]   O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,  

          and you have healed me.  

[3]   O LORD, you brought up my soul from Sheol,  

          restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.

[4]   Sing praises to the LORD, O you his faithful ones,  

          and give thanks to his holy name.  

[5]   For his anger is but for a moment;  

          his favor is for a lifetime.  

     Weeping may linger for the night,  

          but joy comes with the morning.

[6]   As for me, I said in my prosperity,  

          "I shall never be moved."  

[7]   By your favor, O LORD,  

          you had established me as a strong mountain;  

     you hid your face;  

          I was dismayed.  

[8]   To you, O LORD, I cried,  

          and to the LORD I made supplication:  

[9]   "What profit is there in my death,  

          if I go down to the Pit?  

     Will the dust praise you?  

          Will it tell of your faithfulness?  

[10]  Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me!  

          O LORD, be my helper!"  

[11]  You have turned my mourning into dancing;  

          you have taken off my sackcloth  

          and clothed me with joy,  

[12]  so that my soul may praise you and not be silent.  

          O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever.