Psalms 30:11

11 You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Psalms 30:11 in Other Translations

11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

11 You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,

11 You did it: you changed wild lament into whirling dance; You ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wildflowers.

11 You turned my lament into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Psalms 30:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 30:11

Those hast turned for me my mourning into dancing
This, with what follows, expresses the success he had in seeking the Lord by prayer and supplication; there was a sudden change of things, as it often is with the people of God; sometimes they are mourning by reason of sin, their own and others; or on account of afflictions; or because of spiritual decays; or through the temptations of Satan; or, as it was the case of the psalmist now, because of the hidings of God's face; but this mourning is exchanged for joy and gladness when the Lord discovers his pardoning love, revives his work in their souls, takes off his afflicting hand from them, rebukes the tempter, and delivers out of his temptations, and shows himself, his grace and favour;

thou hast put off my sackcloth;
which was used in mourning for relations, and in times of calamity and distress, and as a token of humiliation and repentance, ( Genesis 37:34 ) ( Esther 4:1 ) ( Jonah 3:8 ) ;

and girded me with gladness;
by these phrases the same thing is signified as before; see ( Isaiah 61:3 ) .

Psalms 30:11 In-Context

9 “What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

10 Hear, LORD, and be merciful to me; LORD, be my help.”

11 You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

12 that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever.

Cross References

• 1. S Esther 4:1
• 2. S Exodus 15:20
• 3. S 2 Samuel 3:31; S Psalms 35:13
• 4. S Deuteronomy 16:15; S Psalms 16:9; Psalms 4:7; Jeremiah 31:4,13