Psalm 30:5-11

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.  When I felt secure, I said, “I will never be shaken.”  O LORD, when you favored me, you made my mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.  To you, O LORD, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy:  “What gain is there in my destruction, in my going down into the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?  Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my help.”  You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

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He gets angry once in a while, but across a lifetime there is only love. The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter.  When things were going great I crowed, “I’ve got it made.  I’m God’s favorite. He made me king of the mountain.” Then you looked the other way and I fell to pieces.  I called out to you, God; I laid my case before you:  “Can you sell me for a profit when I’m dead? auction me off at a cemetery yard sale? When I’m ‘dust to dust’ my songs and stories of you won’t sell. So listen! and be kind! Help me out of this!” You did it: you changed wild lament into whirling dance; You ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wildflowers.

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