King James Version
Psalms 30:3 in the King James Version says “O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.”
Psalms 30:3 · KJV
A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. at: or, to the memorial
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. his anger: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger for a night: Heb. in the evening joy: Heb. singing
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“thou hast brought up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“from the grave”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
“my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“thou hast kept me alive”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
“that I should not go down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
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