Psalms 30 · Verse 7

Psalms 30:7

Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Psalms 30:7, King James Version

Psalms 30:7 in other translations

BSBO LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
WEBYou, LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
ASVThou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
YLTO Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face--I have been troubled.
DARBYJehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
BBELord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong: when your face was turned from me I was troubled.
WebsterLORD, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

What does Psalms 30:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 30:6-7

6-7. What particular prosperity is meant we do not know; perhaps his accession to the throne. In his self-complacent elation he was checked by God's hiding His face (compare Psa 22:24; 27:9).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Thou didst hide thy face - Thou didst show thyself displeased with me for my pride and forgetfulness of thee: and then I found how vainly I had trusted in an arm of flesh.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 30:6-12

When things are well with us, we are very apt to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, it becomes us to think with shame upon our carnal security as our folly. If God hide his face, a good man is troubled, though no other calamity befal him. But if God, in wisdom and justice, turn from us, it will be the greatest folly if we turn from him. No; let us learn to pray in the dark. The sanctified…

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Psalms 30:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
בִּרְצוֹנְךָ֮bir.tzon.Khain favor yourH7522
הֶעֱמַ֪דְתָּהhe.'e.Mad.tahyou made standH5975
לְֽהַרְרִ֫יle.ha.Rito mountain myH2042
עֹ֥ז'ozstrengthH5797
הִסְתַּ֥רְתָּhis.Tar.tayou hidH5641
פָנֶ֗יךָfa.Nei.khaface yourH6440
הָיִ֥יתִיha.Yi.tiI wasH1961
נִבְהָֽל\׃niv.HaldisturbedH926

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 30:7

  • Psalms 104:29

    Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

  • Psalms 143:7

    Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

  • Psalms 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.

  • Deuteronomy 31:17

    Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

  • Job 10:12

    Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

  • Psalms 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.

  • Psalms 5:12

    For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

  • Psalms 89:17

    For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

  • 1 Chronicles 17:26-27

    And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever.

  • Isaiah 38:17

    Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

  • Psalms 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. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

  • Job 30:26-31

    When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
by thy.
5; 5:12; 18:35,36; 44:3; 89:17; Job 10:12
made, etc. Heb. settled strength for my mountain.
40:2; 1Ch 17:26,27
thou.
10:1; 13:1,2; 102:10; 104:29; 143:7; Job 30:26-31; Isa 38:17

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Context

  • Psalms 30:6

    And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

  • Psalms 30:7

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

  • Psalms 30:8

    I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

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Psalms 30:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque tú, Jehová, por tu benevolencia has asentado mi monte con fortaleza. Escondiste tu rostro, fuí conturbado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et moi, j’ai dit dans ma prospérité: Je ne serai jamais ébranlé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova! in deiner Gunst hattest du festgestellt meinen Berg; du verbargst dein Angesicht, ich ward bestürzt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Odisti observantes vanitates supervacue; ego autem in Domino speravi.