Psalms 30:11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Psalms 30:11 in other translations
| BSB | You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, |
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| WEB | You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, |
| ASV | Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; |
| YLT | Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy. |
| DARBY | Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; |
| BBE | By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my clothing of grief, and given me robes of joy; |
| Webster | Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; |
What does Psalms 30:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 30:8-11
8-11. As in Psa 6:5; 88:10; Is 38:18, the appeal for mercy is based on the destruction of his agency in praising God here, which death would produce. The terms expressing relief are poetical, and not to be pressed, though "dancing" is the translation of a word which means a lute, whose cheerful notes are contrasted with mourning, or (Am 5:16) wailing.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 30:6-12
When things are well with us, we are very apt to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, it becomes us to think with shame upon our carnal security as our folly. If God hide his face, a good man is troubled, though no other calamity befal him. But if God, in wisdom and justice, turn from us, it will be the greatest folly if we turn from him. No; let us learn to pray in the dark. The sanctified…
Psalms 30:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 30:11
- Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
- Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Jeremiah 31:13-14
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
- Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
- 2 Chronicles 20:12
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
- Psalms 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
- Psalms 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Psalms 150:4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
- Isaiah 61:3
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
- Psalms 126:1-2
A Song of degrees. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.
- Luke 15:22
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
- 2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
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Context
- Psalms 30:10
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
- Psalms 30:11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- Psalms 30:12
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.
Psalms 30:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Has tornado mi endecha en baile; desataste mi saco, y ceñísteme de alegría. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Écoute, ô Éternel! et use de grâce envers moi; Éternel, sois-moi en aide. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Meine Wehklage hast du mir in einen Reigen verwandelt, mein Sacktuch hast du gelöst, und mit Freude mich umgürtet; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quoniam defecit in dolore vita mea, et anni mei in gemitibus. Infirmata est in paupertate virtus mea, et ossa mea conturbata sunt. |