Psalm 30

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.

Note how he speaks about his soul having passed through death and being brought up from the grave — not the body. The inference is clear. It is the great secret hidden in the Bible, or rather one of them. God has kept him alive through it all. “The pit” is not the same thing as “the grave.” Elsewhere it is called the “pit of destruction” which indicates the Truth regarding it. This is confirmed by verse 9. If he himself went into “the pit,” then nothing would be left of him but dust — the immaterial principles would have perished, and the mere dust could not praise God. The end or object is that our glory (the immortal part) should endure to the praise of God, i.e., to acting as the instrument of His will and working (verse 12). Note how he argues with God (verse 9).

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

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