Psalm 30<\/p>\n
I will exalt You, HASHEM, for You have raised me up from the depths, and not let my foes rejoice over me. HASHEM, my God, I cried out to You and You healed me. HASHEM, You have raised up my soul from the lower world, You have preserved me lest I descend to the Pit. Sing to HASHEM, His devoted ones, and give thanks to His holy Name. For His anger endures but a moment; but life results from His pleasure; in the evening one lies down weeping, but with dawn — a cry of joy!<\/p>\n
I had said in my serenity, ‘I would never falter’. But, HASHEM, it was Your good will alone that supported my greatness with might. Should You but conceal Your face, I would be terrified. To You, HASHEM, I would call and to my Lord I would appeal. What gain is there in my death, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust acknowledge You? Will it tell of Your Truth?<\/p>\n
Hear, HASHEM, and favor me; HASHEM, be my helper! You have changed for me my lament into dancing; You undid my sackcloth and girded me with joy. So that my soul might sing to You and not be stilled, HASHEM my God, forever will I thank You.<\/p>\n
King David composed this Psalm to be sung when his son, Shlomo, dedicated the Temple. In the Talmud, Masechet Soferim, this Psalm is designated as the Daily Psalm of Chanukah.<\/p>\n
Radak explains that the eventual inauguration of the Temple by Shlomo represented David’s vindication against the taunts and charges of his enemies. If David were really a doomed sinner, as they claimed, his offspring could not have gained the privilege of realizing David’s dream of building the Temple.<\/p>\n
The Psalm captures the attitude of gratitude towards the Master of the Universe by concluding “that my soul might sing to You, and not be stilled; Hashem, my G-d, forever will I thank You.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Psalm 30 I will exalt You, HASHEM, for You have raised me up from the depths, and not let my foes rejoice over me. HASHEM, my God, I cried out to You and You healed me. HASHEM, You have raised up my soul from the lower world, You have preserved me lest I descend to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":39966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[344],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chanukah"],"yoast_head":"\n