Psalm 30:7
New International Version
LORD, when you favored me, you made my royal mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.

New Living Translation
Your favor, O LORD, made me as secure as a mountain. Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.

English Standard Version
By your favor, O LORD, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.

Berean Standard Bible
O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

King James Bible
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

New King James Version
LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

New American Standard Bible
LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

NASB 1995
O LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

NASB 1977
O LORD, by Thy favor Thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; Thou didst hide Thy face, I was dismayed.

Legacy Standard Bible
O Yahweh, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

Amplified Bible
By Your favor and grace, O LORD, you have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was horrified.

Christian Standard Bible
LORD, when you showed your favor, you made me stand like a strong mountain; when you hid your face, I was terrified.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, when You showed Your favor, You made me stand like a strong mountain; when You hid Your face, I was terrified.

American Standard Version
Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

Contemporary English Version
You, LORD, were my friend, and you made me strong as a mighty mountain. But when you hid your face, I was crushed.

English Revised Version
Thou, LORD, of thy favour hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain stand firm. When you hid your face, I was terrified.

Good News Translation
You were good to me, LORD; you protected me like a mountain fortress. But then you hid yourself from me, and I was afraid.

International Standard Version
By your favor, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed.

Majority Standard Bible
O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

NET Bible
O LORD, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified.

New Heart English Bible
You, LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.

Webster's Bible Translation
LORD, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

World English Bible
You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
O YHWH, in Your good pleasure, "" You have caused strength to remain for my mountain,” "" You have hidden Your face—I have been troubled.

Young's Literal Translation
O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face -- I have been troubled.

Smith's Literal Translation
O Jehovah, in thy good will thou didst cause strength to stand for my mountain: thou didst cover thy face, I was in trepidation.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled.

Catholic Public Domain Version
O Lord, in your will, you made virtue preferable to beauty for me. You turned your face away from me, and I became disturbed.

New American Bible
LORD, you showed me favor, established for me mountains of virtue. But when you hid your face I was struck with terror.

New Revised Standard Version
By your favor, O LORD, you had established me as a strong mountain; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
O God, by thy favor thou hast increased my glory; thou didst turn away thy face, and I was troubled.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
God, in your pleasure you established power upon my glory, and you turned your face and I was shaken.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou hadst established, O LORD, in Thy favour my mountain as a stronghold-- Thou didst hide Thy face; I was affrighted.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
O Lord, in thy good pleasure thou didst add strength to my beauty: but thou didst turn away thy face, and I was troubled.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
You Turned My Mourning into Dancing
6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.” 7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed. 8To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:…

Cross References
Job 29:3
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

Isaiah 54:7-8
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. / In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

1 Peter 5:5-6
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” / Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Deuteronomy 31:17-18
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’ / And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

2 Chronicles 32:31
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

Lamentations 3:32-33
Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. / For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.

2 Samuel 7:15
But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

Psalm 104:29
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

Psalm 44:3
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

Psalm 89:17
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

Psalm 89:46
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

Psalm 13:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 27:9
Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.


Treasury of Scripture

LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong: you did hide your face, and I was troubled.

by thy

Psalm 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Psalm 5:12
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Psalm 18:35,36
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great…

made [heb.

Psalm 40:2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

1 Chronicles 17:26,27
And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: …

thou

Psalm 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Psalm 13:1,2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? …

Psalm 102:10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

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Psalm 30
1. David praises God for his deliverance
4. He exhorts others to praise him by example of God's dealings with him














O LORD
This phrase is a direct address to Yahweh, the covenant name of God in the Hebrew Bible. It signifies a personal and intimate relationship between the psalmist and God. The use of "LORD" in all caps in English translations often represents the Hebrew name YHWH, which is considered sacred and is a reminder of God's eternal presence and faithfulness. In the context of this psalm, it reflects the psalmist's reliance on God's sovereignty and grace.

when You favored me
The Hebrew root for "favored" is "ratsah," which means to be pleased with or to accept. This phrase indicates a time of divine approval and blessing. Historically, God's favor was often associated with prosperity, peace, and protection. The psalmist acknowledges that any success or stability he experienced was due to God's gracious favor, not his own merit.

You made my mountain stand strong
The "mountain" here symbolizes strength, stability, and security. In ancient Near Eastern culture, mountains were often seen as symbols of permanence and protection. The phrase suggests that the psalmist's life was firmly established and secure because of God's intervention. The imagery of a strong mountain conveys the idea of an unshakeable foundation provided by God's support.

but when You hid Your face
The concept of God "hiding His face" is a metaphor for the withdrawal of His presence and favor. In Hebrew thought, God's face represents His attention and blessing. When God "hides His face," it signifies a period of divine displeasure or testing. This phrase reflects the psalmist's understanding that without God's presence, life becomes uncertain and distressing.

I was dismayed
The Hebrew word for "dismayed" is "bahal," which conveys a sense of being troubled, terrified, or thrown into confusion. This reaction underscores the psalmist's dependence on God's presence for peace and stability. The emotional turmoil described here highlights the contrast between the security found in God's favor and the fear experienced in His apparent absence.

(7) Lord, by thy favour--i.e., and all the while thou (not my own strength) hadst made me secure. The margin gives the literal rendering, but the reading varies between the text "to my mountain," "to my honour" (LXX., Vulg., and Syriac), and "on mountains," the last involving the supply of the pronoun "me." The sense, however, is the same, and is obvious. The mountain of strength, perhaps mountain fortress, is an image of secure retreat. Doubtless Mount Zion was in the poet's thought.

Thou didst . . .--The fluctuation of feeling is well shown by the rapid succession of clauses without any connecting conjunctions.

Verse 7. - Lord, by thy favour thou hast (rather, hadst) made my mountain to stand strong. It was thy favour which had given me the "prosperity" whereby I was exalted, and which I thought rooted in myself - which had made Zion strong, and enabled me to triumph over my enemies. But, lo! suddenly all was changed - Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. God turned his face away, declared himself angry with his servant (1 Chronicles 21:7-12), and sent the dreadful plague which in a single day destroyed seventy thousand lives. Then David, feeling that God's face was indeed turned from him, "was troubled."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
O LORD,
יְֽהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

You favored me;
בִּרְצוֹנְךָ֮ (bir·ṣō·wn·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7522: Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will

You made
הֶעֱמַ֪דְתָּה (he·‘ĕ·maḏ·tāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

my mountain
לְֽהַרְרִ֫י (lə·har·rî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2042: Hill, mountain

{stand} strong.
עֹ֥ז (‘ōz)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5797: Strength, might

When You hid
הִסְתַּ֥רְתָּ (his·tar·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal

Your face,
פָנֶ֗יךָ (p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

I was
הָיִ֥יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

dismayed.
נִבְהָֽל׃ (niḇ·hāl)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously


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