Prepared for Psalms Group meeting on July 12, 2020
Here is a printable PDF file for our meeting. The text is below if you prefer to access it online.
Psalm 30: In and Out of Deadly Trouble
Psalm 30 is an individual’s song of thanksgiving. It tells the story of going into trouble and coming out of trouble.
Psalm 30 narrates the person’s story of assurance and confidence morphing into self-sufficiency and conceit. Then the loss of self-sufficient well-being (prosperity, health) brings disorientation that resembles death. From the depths of the pit of despair at both his deathly circumstances and his own arrogance and complacency, the humbled psalmist cries to YHWH for mercy and help.