Upside Down, Inside Out (Psalm 30 Redux)

from Rapping the Psalms by Danny Raphael

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If you've ever been on the ropes and come back stronger, you know what this one is about.

It's a version of Psalm 30, one of the most beloved and widely said psalms, which many people say every day and which especially relates to the festivals of Chanukah and Purim.

lyrics

The chorus means this:

You turned my lament into a joyful dance of forgiveness

You took off my sackcloth and girded me with joy

So that my soul will sing praises to You, and not be silent

O Lord, my God, I will thank You forever.

Full lyrics:

I will exalt my creator

For You lifted me

And you never let me fear get the best of me

You raised me up

From that pit of despair

Now I can't recall how I got in there.

In those days of sweet conceit

I would never have believed that life could be so deep

<y ego was blown away

I was town away

So open to be shown the way.

You broke me down so You could build me up

I had to lose it all

So You could fill my cup

And teach me to be myself

I need to ask for help

From the One who could answer well.

If You hid your face

I'd have nowhere else to turn

And so I eventually learned

Who

But You

Could save

And who revive

But the versa is also vice -

If I should waste in death

This sacred flesh

Who

Might

Raise their breath

To praise Your ineffable name of the nameless flame

You are that remain in change.

You turn my funeral dirge to a dance of forgiveness

I was lost but You let me live yeh

I was deep in the pit

But You raised me up

You turn my funeral dirge to a dance of forgiveness

I was lost but You let me live yeh

I was deep in the pit

But You raised me up

So forever and a day

I will praise the One.

And the original psalm is here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.30?lang=bi