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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 30 A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of David. This is the first time that a psalm is called a song; some psalms are called by one name, some by another, and some by both, as here; and some are called hymns: to which distinction of them the apostle refers in Ephesians 5:19. A psalm was sung upon musical instruments, a song with the voice; it may be this...
John Gill
To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent,.... Meaning either his soul, the more noble and glorious part of him; or the members of his body, his tongue, which is the glory of it, and with which he glorified God; see Psalms 16:9; compared with Acts 2:26, this was the end that was to be answered by changing the scene of things; and which was answered; O Lord my God, I...
Matthew Henry
This is a psalm of thanksgiving for the great deliverances which God had wrought for David, penned upon occasion of the dedicating of his house of cedar, and sung in that pious solemnity, though there is not any thing in it that has particular reference to that occasion. Some collect from divers passages in the psalm itself that it was penned upon his recovery from a dangerous fit of sickness,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
To the end that my glory- Or, “my tongue” — Psa_30:12. May sing praise to thee, and not be silent. God ought to have praise from us. It is the quit-rent which we pay as tenants to the great Lord of all; let us not rob him of his revenue. Psa_30:12. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.