Bible Strands
Psalms 30:7
O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses Yahweh at the pivot between a past season of prosperity and an immediate crisis of distress. The text records the speaker’s shift from self-reliance to dependence as he acknowledges God’s prior favor and subsequent withdrawal.
The words — The Hebrew phrase בִּ/רְצוֹנְ/ךָ֮ (bi/r.tzon./Kha) translates literally to "in favor your," denoting the divine approval that initially secured the psalmist’s stability.
The thread — The motif of God hiding His face runs through Psalms 104:29 and 143:7, where the withdrawal of divine presence produces terror and spiritual collapse.
Why it lands — The text states that human security is contingent on God’s visible presence rather than personal prosperity. It requires the reader to abandon self-reliance and acknowledge that stability is granted, not maintained, by divine favor.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Cross-references
- Psalms 104:29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
- Psalms 143:7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Psalms 30:5 For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- Deuteronomy 31:17 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
- 1 Chronicles 17:26 And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
- Job 10:12 You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
- Psalms 5:12 For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
- Psalms 40:2 He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
- Psalms 89:17 For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
- Isaiah 38:17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.