KJV King James Version
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 30:3
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
ASV American Standard Version
O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down to the pit.
Surrounding context — Psalm 30
1 A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
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.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
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Psalm 16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.Psalm 86:13For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.Isaiah 38:17-18Behold, 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.Jonah 2:4-6Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.Psalm 28:1[A Psalm] of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.Psalm 71:20[Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.Psalm 40:1-2To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.Job 33:19-22He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong [pain]:Psalm 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, [and] my feet from falling.Psalm 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not [thou deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?Job 33:28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
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