CHAPTER 30

A PSALM OF DAVID: PRAISE FOR DELIVERANCE

¹I will extol You, O LORD; for You have lifted me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. (This is a prayer-praise song that was sung at the dedication of the House of David. As well, it will be sung at the dedication of the future Millennial Temple, and by the Messiah.)

²O LORD my God, I cried unto You, and You have healed me (this pertains to Israel at the dawn of the Great Millennial Day, when, at long last, she will be healed).

³O LORD, You have brought up my soul from the grave: You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit (down through the many centuries, it has looked as if Israel would be totally destroyed, especially during World War II, when Hitlers killing machine slaughtered over six million Jews. The greater Hitler, the Antichrist, will go even further by taking Israel to the edge of extinction, but the Lord will actually bring their soul from the grave, and against impossible odds will keep them alive).

⁴Sing unto the LORD, O you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His Holiness (this should be the song of every Child of God, but more pointedly it will be the song of redeemed Israel at the conclusion of the Battle of Armageddon, when they, at long last, return from their spiritual exile).

⁵For His anger endures but a moment; in His favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. (Many Saints of God have gathered strength from this Passage, and rightly so. But more pointedly, this points to Israels rebellion and Gods Anger. Even though His Anger against Israel has lasted now for some 2,500 years, in the light of eternity, the Holy Spirit calls it but a moment.

Israels night has now lasted for about 2,000 years. However, the morning is about to break over the horizon. This speaks of that Millennial morn, when Israel will, at long last, accept the Lord Jesus as her Messiah. And then this morning will last forever.)

⁶And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved (the prosperity continued as long as Israels obedience continued; when her obedience faltered, the prosperity faltered).

⁷LORD, by Your favour You have made my mountain to stand strong: You did hide Your Face, and I was troubled (it is the Lord Who made Israel strong, actually like a mountain; but then Israel rebelled, and the Lord hid His Face).

⁸I cried to You, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication (one of the great purposes of the Great Tribulation is to bring Israel back to God; the Lord will then push her to the place to where she will cry to the Lord [Zech. 12:10]).

⁹What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise You? shall it declare Your Truth? (Israels argument is that there is only profit to God in Israels Salvation, not in her destruction.)

¹⁰Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be You my Helper (God will hear this cry, as He will hear the cry of anyone who petitions Him thusly; at long last, Israels pride is broken; she no longer stands haughty; she cries for mercy, and pleads with the Lord that He once again be her Helper).

¹¹You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: You have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness (this speaks of the coming of the Lord, and His Deliverance of Israel in the Battle of Armageddon; Israel will then accept Christ as Saviour and Lord, and be girded with gladness);

¹²To the end that my glory may sing praise to You, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto You for ever (Israel is saying that never again will she discontinue singing praise to the Lord).