Psalms 30:12

To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent,.... Meaning either his soul, the more noble and glorious part of him; or the members of his body, his tongue, which is the glory

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. Conclusion.

My glory; my soul; or rather, my tongue, to which both singing and silence most properly belong. See Poole ""; See Poole "".

Psalms 30:12 To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.Ver. 12. To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee] i.e. That my tongue, oiled from a heart enlarged, may exalt thee, according to my bounden duty and thine abundant desert. A good tongue, that watcheth all opportunities to glorify God and edify others, is certainly a man’ s great glory; but an evil tongue is his foul shame. Basil expoundeth glory by τοπνευμα, the spirit or soul. The Chaldee Paraphrast, Laudabunt te honorabiles mundi, The glorious ones of the world shall praise thee. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever] Epiphonematica et pathetica conclusio, Davidi ex summis calamitatibus erepto familiaris. He concludeth as he began, engaging his heart to everlasting thankfulness; and therein becoming a worthy pattern to all posterity.

(12) My glory.—The suffix is wanting in the Hebrew, and in all the older versions except LXX. and Vulg. The Chaldee versions make the word concrete and render “the nobles.” The Syriac, reading the verb in a different person, makes glory the object—“then will I sing to thee, Glory.” My glory would, as in Psalms 108:1, mean my heart. (See Note, Psalms 16:9.) Without the pronoun, we must (with Jerome) understand by “glory” renown or praise, which, as it were, itself raises songs; or it must be concrete, “everything glorious.”

Verse 12. To the end that my glory may sing] The word כבוד cabod, which we here translate glory, is sometimes taken to signify the liver. Here it is supposed to mean the tongue; why not the heart? But does not David mean, by his glory, the state of exaltation and honour to which God had raised him, and in which he had before too much trusted; forgetting that he held it in a state of dependence on God? Now he was disciplined into a better sentiment. My glory before had sung praise to myself; in it I had rested; on it I had presumed; and intoxicated with my success, I sent Joab to number the people. Now my glory shall be employed for another purpose; it shall give thanks to God, and never be silent. I shall confess to all the world that all the good, the greatness, the honour, the wealth, prosperity, and excellence I possess, came from God alone; and that I hold them on his mere good pleasure. It is so; therefore, "O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever." The old Psalter translates and paraphrases the last verse thus: - That my joy syng til the, and I be noght stanged: Lord my God withouten ende I sal schryf til the. The dede and the sorrow of oure syn God turnes in til joy of remission; and scheres oway oure sekk-(drives away our distress) and umgyfs (surrounds) qwen we dye, with gladness. That oure joy syng til hym, that has gyfen us that joy; for we be no more stanged (stung) with conscience of syn: na drede of dede or of dome; bot withouten ende we sal loue (praise) him. Na tunge may telle na herte may thynk the mykelnes of joy that es in louing (praising) of hym in gast, and in sothfastnes, i.e., spirit and truth. ANALYSIS OF THE THIRTIETH PSALM There are two parts in this Psalm: - I. The giving of thanks for delivery from a great danger, Psalms 30:1-3. II. An exhortation to others to follow his example, and thus acknowledge God's merciful dealings with them, Psalms 30:4-12. I. He begins with thanksgiving: "I will extol thee, O Lord;" and adds the causes. 1. "Thou hast lifted me up," as one out of a deep dark pit. 2. "Thou hast not made my foes to triumph over me;" but rather turned their mirth into sadness. 3. "Thou hast healed me;" - both in body and mind. 4. "Thou hast brought up my soul from the grave;" restored me to life, when apparently condemned to death. 5. He earnestly sought these blessings: "O Lord my God, I cried unto thee," and thou didst for me all that I have mentioned. II. After having given thanks, he calls on the saints to acknowledge and celebrate the goodness of God to him and to others: "Sing unto the Lord," c.

12. my glory] My soul, as in Psalms 7:5 (note); Psalms 57:8. for ever] All the days of my life. See 1 Samuel 1:22 compared with 1 Samuel 1:28. But the Psalmist’s words had a larger meaning than he could as yet know (Revelation 22:3 ff.).

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee - Margin, my “tongue,” or my “soul.” DeWette renders it, “my heart.” The Aramaic Paraphrase: “that the honorable of the world may praise thee.” The

12. My glory—Equal to my soul, as the most excellent part of man. See Genesis 49:6, and note on Psalms 16:9.