Psalms 30:1-3

     1. lifted me up—as one is drawn from a well (Ps 40:2).

     2. healed me—Affliction is often described as disease (Ps 6:2; 41:4; 107:20), and so relief by healing.

     3. The terms describe extreme danger.

      soul—or, "myself."

      grave—literally, "hell," as in Ps 16:10.

      hast kept me . . . pit—quickened or revived me from the state of dying (compare Ps 28:1).

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