1 > I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, And have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 Yahweh my God, I cried to you, And you have healed me.
3 Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.
5 For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, But joy comes in the morning.
6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, \"I shall never be moved.\"
7 You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain to stand strong. But when you hid your face, I was troubled.
8 I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:
9 \"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
10 Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper.\"
11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
12 To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
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Today's Verse
For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Verse Of The DayDavid recalls a season of prosperity followed by God hiding His face, then rejoices that his mourning has been turned into dancing and sackcloth exchanged for gladness. That reversal echoes Isaiah 54:7-8; continue reading Psalms 31.
