Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version LORD, when you favored me, you made my royal mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed. New Living Translation Your favor, O LORD, made me as secure as a mountain. Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered. English Standard Version By your favor, O LORD, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed. Berean Study Bible O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed. King James Bible LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. New King James Version LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled. New American Standard Bible LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed. NASB 1995 O LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed. NASB 1977 O LORD, by Thy favor Thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; Thou didst hide Thy face, I was dismayed. Amplified Bible By Your favor and grace, O LORD, you have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was horrified. Christian Standard Bible LORD, when you showed your favor, you made me stand like a strong mountain; when you hid your face, I was terrified. Holman Christian Standard Bible LORD, when You showed Your favor, You made me stand like a strong mountain; when You hid Your face, I was terrified. American Standard Version Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled. Aramaic Bible in Plain English God, in your pleasure you established power upon my glory, and you turned your face and I was shaken. Brenton Septuagint Translation O Lord, in thy good pleasure thou didst add strength to my beauty: but thou didst turn away thy face, and I was troubled. Contemporary English Version You, LORD, were my friend, and you made me strong as a mighty mountain. But when you hid your face, I was crushed. Douay-Rheims Bible O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled. English Revised Version Thou, LORD, of thy favour hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled. Good News Translation You were good to me, LORD; you protected me like a mountain fortress. But then you hid yourself from me, and I was afraid. GOD'S WORD® Translation O LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain stand firm. When you hid your face, I was terrified. International Standard Version By your favor, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thou hadst established, O LORD, in Thy favour my mountain as a stronghold-- Thou didst hide Thy face; I was affrighted. Literal Standard Version O YHWH, in Your good pleasure, "" You have caused strength to remain for my mountain,” "" You have hidden Your face—I have been troubled. NET Bible O LORD, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified. New Heart English Bible You, LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled. World English Bible You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled. Young's Literal Translation O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face -- I have been troubled. Additional Translations ... Context You Turned My Mourning into Dancing…6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.” 7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed. 8To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:… Cross References Deuteronomy 31:17 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, 'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?' Psalm 30:8 To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy: Psalm 104:29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. Psalm 143:7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. Treasury of Scripture LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong: you did hide your face, and I was troubled. by thy Psalm 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. Psalm 5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Psalm 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… made [heb. Psalm 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. 1 Chronicles 17:26,27 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: … thou Psalm 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? Psalm 13:1,2 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? … Psalm 102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
(7) Lord, by thy favour--i.e., and all the while thou (not my own strength) hadst made me secure. The margin gives the literal rendering, but the reading varies between the text "to my mountain," "to my honour" (LXX., Vulg., and Syriac), and "on mountains," the last involving the supply of the pronoun "me." The sense, however, is the same, and is obvious. The mountain of strength, perhaps mountain fortress, is an image of secure retreat. Doubtless Mount Zion was in the poet's thought. Thou didst . . .--The fluctuation of feeling is well shown by the rapid succession of clauses without any connecting conjunctions. Verse 7. - Lord, by thy favour thou hast (rather, hadst) made my mountain to stand strong. It was thy favour which had given me the "prosperity" whereby I was exalted, and which I thought rooted in myself - which had made Zion strong, and enabled me to triumph over my enemies. But, lo! suddenly all was changed - Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. God turned his face away, declared himself angry with his servant (1 Chronicles 21:7-12), and sent the dreadful plague which in a single day destroyed seventy thousand lives. Then David, feeling that God's face was indeed turned from him, "was troubled."Parallel Commentaries ... Lexicon O LORD,יְֽהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel You favored me; בִּרְצוֹנְךָ֮ (bir·ṣō·wn·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7522: Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will You made הֶעֱמַ֪דְתָּה (he·‘ĕ·maḏ·tāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations my mountain לְֽהַרְרִ֫י (lə·har·rî) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2042: Hill, mountain {stand} strong. עֹ֥ז (‘ōz) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5797: Strength, might When You hid הִסְתַּ֥רְתָּ (his·tar·tā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5641: To hide, conceal Your face, פָנֶ֗יךָ (p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face I was הָיִ֥יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be dismayed. נִבְהָֽל׃ (niḇ·hāl) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously Jump to Previous Affrighted Caused Dismayed Established Face Favor Favored Favour Good Grace Hadst Hid Hidden Hide Kept Mountain Pleasure Stand Strength Strong Stronghold Troubled TurnedJump to Next Affrighted Caused Dismayed Established Face Favor Favored Favour Good Grace Hadst Hid Hidden Hide Kept Mountain Pleasure Stand Strength Strong Stronghold Troubled TurnedLinks Psalm 30:7 NIVPsalm 30:7 NLT Psalm 30:7 ESV Psalm 30:7 NASB Psalm 30:7 KJV Psalm 30:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 30:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 30:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 30:7 French Bible Psalm 30:7 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Psalm 30:7 You Yahweh when you favored me made (Psalm Ps Psa.) |