Psalm 30:1
1 A Psalm [mizmowr] and Song [shiyr] at the dedication [chanukkah] of the house [bayith] of David [David].
I will extol [ruwm] thee, O LORD [Yahovah]; for thou hast lifted me up [dalah], and hast not made my foes ['oyeb] to rejoice [samach] over
me. KJV-Interlinear
1 A
Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.
I will
extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast lifted me up, And hast not let my enemies
rejoice over me. NASB
The psalm, ‘mizmowr,’ or a
poem set to music, the song, ‘shiyr,’ the singing of a man or a woman, and the
house, ‘bayith,’ which here does not refer to the building made of materials,
but the building within the soul, made of doctrine. And so David lifts his inner voice up with
great appreciation.
He extols or praises the
Lord, giving credit and recognition to Christ alone, for all that He has done
for him.
To be lifted up, refers
to the action of lifting up as one would lift a pail of water up from a deep
well, or a man being lifted up out from down in a deep pit. The idea is that someone else is doing the
work of lifting, whereas the man in helplessness, or the water cannot do the
lifting themselves.
Foes or enemies, refers
to anything and everyone who is in opposition to ones recovery or rescue or
betterment.
You cannot do for
yourself that which requires God to do.
You did not cause your
own birth. You did not cause your own
life. You did not determine the time in
history in which you would be born. You
did not cause your own growth. You
cannot control the environment in this world in which you live.
And so, other than making
decisions from time to time, there is not much of your life that you have
control over. For history and the world
are far bigger than any of us, and certainly none of us can control the world,
the nations, the people, and it is even difficult to exercise self-control over
our own thoughts. And certainly there is
the question of your life, its duration as well as your destiny and the quality
of that destiny.
For certainly without
doctrine in the soul, then your thoughts are restricted to the functions of the
sin nature that exists within you.
God does far more for us
than anyone really realizes. And when
you are finally able to connect the dots of your life as it relates to reality,
then God becomes the one and only person who deserves praise, thanks, and
complete recognition.
Realize too, that your spiritual
growth is completely dependent on God and Gods spiritual process. You can neither advance yourself, nor even
learn doctrine or the things of God unless you are taught. And that is the biggest single thing that has
the greatest impact on your life, that being your spiritual growth.
Your growth can flourish
when it is done the right way, or it can crash, when you get it in your head
that you can do it all on your own.
