John Trapp on Psalms 30:1

PSAL. XXX.

A Pſalm and ſong] i.e. An holy hymn, firſt framed in meeter; then ſung with mens voices.

At the dedication of the houſe of David] Either when it was new built, 2 Sam. 5.11. confer Deut. 20.5. Neb. 12.27. ſaying as He once, Jamq, meos dedotibi, Princeps, jure Penates, Tu mibi jus dederas, poſſe vocare meos.

God ſo loveth his people, that their walls are ever in his ſight, Ifa. 49.16. they ſhould therefore have holineſſe to the Lord written upon them, Zach. 14. ſanctified they ſhould be by the word and prayer, 1 Tim. 4.5. Or else, after he had defiled it by his Adultery, with Bathſbeba, and Abſolom had much more defiled it by his abominable inceſt and other villanies, See 2 Sam. 20.3.

Verſ. I. I will extoll thee O Lord, for thou haſt lifted mee up] De puteo peccati canoſo, ſaith Kimchi, out of the miry pit of fin; or out of the ditch of deadly danger, ſay others. Therefore I will extol thee, that is, I will have high and honourable conceptions of thee. I will alſo do mine utmoft, both by words and deeds, that thou mayeſt be acknowledged by others to bee as thou art, the great and mighty Monarch of the whole World.

And haſt not made my foes to rejoyce over mee] Befides all former victories, Abſolom and Sheba were lately ſlain.