Psalms 30:2

30:2 O Lord my God,

I cried out to you and you healed me. ¹ 

Psalms 78:70

78:70 He chose David, his servant,

and took him from the sheepfolds.

Psalms 130:1

Psalm 130 ² 

A song of ascents. ³ 

130:1 From the deep water ⁴  I cry out to you, O Lord.

[30:2]  ¹ sn You healed me. Apparently the psalmist was plagued by a serious illness that threatened his life. See Ps 41.

[130:1]  ² sn Psalm 130. The psalmist, confident of the Lord’s forgiveness, cries out to the Lord for help in the midst of his suffering and urges Israel to do the same.

[130:1]  ³ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

[130:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “depths,” that is, deep waters (see Ps 69:2, 14; Isa 51:10), a metaphor for the life-threatening danger faced by the psalmist.