Things were going so well in my life: and “in my prosperity” (Psalm 30:6) I assumed that it would always be that way, because “by your favor, O Lord, you had established me as a strong mountain” (30:7).

And then life got hard: “you hid your face, and I was dismayed” (Psalm 30:7). Suddenly everything had gone wrong. I was about to be one of “those gone down to the pit” (30:3), and as I felt myself sliding into the abyss, with my soul turning to dust, I called to you: “Lord, be my helper!” (30:8-10).

And O God! You came through! “Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me” (30:2). You have transformed everything: “You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever” (30:11-12).

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Indeed, let my soul praise you, O Lord: let none of us be silent, but let us sing and testify: for you have indeed healed us and blessed us; you have strengthened and sustained us, all along the way.