Psalm 30

vs 1

So far, it's not sounding like a psalm of dedication to the temple. Not that what's in the psalm is false. God did save David from his enemies, several times. And David did exalt God. He wrote this psalm, for example.

vs 2

I can't think of any specific healing that we are told about that God did for David. Either that means it's not recorded, or he's just talking about regular healing (he was a bit of a warrior, no doubt he got a few injuries) or he's talking about something else.

vs 3

So far as I know David was never raised from the dead. It's a fine messianic point, but I assume David is talking preventatively.

vs 4

So the psalm has started with David's reasons for praising God. Now he instructs all of God's people to join in that praise.

vs 5

Israel's life with God has not always been peaches and cream. Something they have to acknowledge and accept is that God will punish wrongdoing. But his mercy and love are eternal, while his discipline is only temporary. That's the same for God's people today. It is not Christians that go to hell for wrongdoing. They are disciplined, sure, but also assured a place in heaven. Basically, it's a good thing to be with God.

vs 6

I assume the idea is that God makes him secure, and so on God he will never be shaken. It might be such an obvious statement that it doesn't need such explicit stating.

vs 7

There we are, it is definitely talking about being secure in God's will. It is when God turns his face away, is not blessing what you are doing, that things get unstable.

vs 8

Who else was he going to call? Especially if he recognises that the problem is not some sort of extrinsic problem, it is one between him and God.

vs 9

It's interesting to see these sorts of statements, in the psalms and elsewhere. Those people who bargain with God, who tell him that they exist to give him praise, and if he doesn't save them, then that will be less glory for God. It's not so much a, "Hey, you owe me," it's a, "Hey, think of what people will think." We have to remember that our prayers should be in God's will. I think we focus a lot on the New Testament "God loves us" type prayer, but the Old Testament prayer was more, "You'll do this because it brings you glory you deserve."

vs 10

The Lord is David's help, because David asks for the Lord to be his help.

vs 11

Good old David, always prepared to cut a rug for joy in God. To the dismay of some.

vs 12

The joy that we feel, we feel from God. We can't escape that. If you have joy, you have to thank God for it, because there is nowhere else from which it comes. He is the one who turns grief into joy.