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Psalms 30:3
Psalms 30:3 is verse 3 of Psalms chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
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.
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.
Sheol is the place of the dead.
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Psalms 30:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
3 O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
4 Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
5 For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Psalms 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Psalms 71:20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
Psalms 116:8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
Job 33:19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
Job 33:20so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Job 33:21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
Job 33:22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Jonah 2:4At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
Jonah 2:5The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
Jonah 2:6To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.