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Psalm 30:12

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30:12So now21 my heart22 will sing to you and not be silent;

O Lord my God, I will always23 give thanks to you.

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  1. 21 Heb “so that”; or “in order that.”
  2. 22 Heb “glory.” Some view כָבוֹד (khavod, “glory”) here as a metonymy for man’s inner being (see 459 II כָּבוֹד 5), but it is preferable to emend the form to כְּבֵדִי (kévediy, “my liver”). Like the heart, the liver is viewed as the seat of one’s emotions. See also Pss 16:9; 57:9; 108:1, as well as H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 64, and M. Dahood, Psalms (), 1:. For an Ugaritic example of the heart/liver as the source of joy, see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47–48: “her [Anat’s] liver swelled with laughter, her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph.” “Heart” is used in the translation above for the sake of English idiom; the expression “my liver sings” would seem odd indeed to the modern reader.
  3. 23 Or “forever.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.

Lord my God, I will praise you forever.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

so that I can sing to you and not be silent.

Lord my God, I will praise you forever.

NLTNew Living Translation

that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

so that I may sing praises to you

and not be quiet.

O Yahweh, my God,

I will give thanks to you forever.

KJV 1900King James Version

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.