Healing a Wounded Heart · Day 3
Psalms 30:1-8 — a devotion
Psalms 30
- 1여호와여 내가 주를 높일 것은 주께서 나를 끌어내사 내 대적으로 나를 인하여 기뻐하지 못하게 하심이니이다I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.I will extol you, LORD, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
- 2여호와 내 하나님이여 내가 주께 부르짖으매 나를 고치셨나이다O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.LORD my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
- 3여호와여 주께서 내 영혼을 음부에서 끌어내어 나를 살리사 무덤으로 내려가지 않게 하셨나이다O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
- 4주의 성도들아 여호와를 찬송하며 그 거룩한 이름에 감사할지어다Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.
- 5그 노염은 잠간이요 그 은총은 평생이로다 저녁에는 울음이 기숙할지라도 아침에는 기쁨이 오리로다For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.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.
- 6내가 형통할 때에 말하기를 영영히 요동치 아니하리라 하였도다And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
- 7여호와께서 주의 은혜로 내 산을 굳게 세우셨더니 주의 얼굴을 가리우시매 내가 근심하였나이다LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.You, LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
- 8여호와여 내가 주께 부르짖고 여호와께 간구하기를I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.I cried to you, LORD. I made supplication to the Lord:
KJV and World English Bible — Public Domain · 개역한글 ⓒ Korean Bible Society
Background
Psalm 30 is a psalm David wrote for the dedication of the temple; its title explicitly calls it a song for the dedication of the house. David wrote it out of his experience of recovery after passing through a serious illness or a life-threatening crisis. In Israel at that time, grave illness could be seen as God's judgment, so recovery was understood as an experience of God's grace. In terms of genre, this is a psalm of thanksgiving, and the turn from suffering to salvation forms its core structure. It follows the classic pattern of a thanksgiving psalm — beginning in lament and ending in gratitude and praise — and it is distinctive in the way a personal experience expands into the worship of the whole community.
Reflection questions: 1. Have I ever passed through a night of weeping and experienced a morning of joy in my life? 2. What comfort does it bring me that the hardship I am going through now will not last forever? 3. Standing before God's promise to turn sorrow into joy, what attitude of heart can I hold today?
Today's reflection
In Psalm 30, David sings of passing through a deep night of suffering and greeting the joy of morning. The words that weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning are a declaration that suffering does not last forever. David confesses that God rescued him from grave illness or a serious crisis, testifying to the great reversal in which sorrow was turned to joy. He also includes the honest admission that in his prosperity he said he would never be moved, yet when God hid His face, he was gripped by fear.
Theologically, this psalm shows the relationship between lament and joy. The confession that God's anger lasts but a moment while His favor lasts a lifetime tells us that seasons of suffering are not God's final will. God is the One who removes our sackcloth and girds us with gladness. Sackcloth is a symbol of mourning and sorrow, and the garment of gladness is a symbol of restoration and celebration. This transformation is accomplished not by human effort but by God's own act.
Simply put, no matter how hard the night you are passing through right now, morning is certain to come. David also had to pass through a night of weeping, but God did not let that night last forever. If you are in a season of tears right now, this season is not the end. God is the One who turns sorrow into joy and mourning into dancing. Hold that hope in your heart today.
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