Praying Through: Psalm 30:1-3

The Psalm

Psalm 30:1–3 (CSB) I will exalt you, LORD, because you have lifted me up and have not allowed my enemies to triumph over me. LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you healed me. LORD, you brought me up from Sheol; you spared me from among those going down to the Pit.

The Prayer

O LORD my God,

I sing praises to your name,

for you are worthy
and worthy to be praised.

I have cried for help,

too many times to recall
How many times have you responded?
All of them plus one more.

I know I am with you,

and because of that
I am being healed by your loving grace
My soul has been afflicted
My heart has been scorched
My body has been abused
But you are my everlasting joy
and the healer of all iniquity and sin.

For the sin that has affected me,

you have picked me up
set me on your Rock
cleansed my wounds
gave me a new heart
with your desires
and called me your own.

For all of my treacherous sins,

you set your affections upon me
you chased after me with your full Might
and because you loved me so much
you sent your Son
to live for me
to die in my place
to resurrect so that I would be fully alive
and then rose to glory
All because you are glorious.

There is none like you.