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Selected Verse: Psalms 30:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 30:11 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou hast turned [02015] for me my mourning [04553] into dancing [04234]: thou hast put off [06605] my sackcloth [08242], and girded [0247] me with gladness [08057]; |
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King James |
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| sackcloth--was used, even by kings, in distress (Ch1 21:16; Isa 37:1) but "gladness," used for a garment, shows the language to be figurative. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou hast turned for me - In my behalf. That is, God had heard his prayer; he had brought his troubles to an end; he had caused his sorrows to be succeeded by correspondent joy.
My mourning into dancing - Joy, exultation, every expression of rejoicing, had been made to succeed his deep sorrows. Compare Psa 30:5. It was this which he commemorated at the dedication of his house; this joy succeeding scenes of sorrow that he now called to remembrance as he entered the place which he had reared for a permanent abode. The contrast of his circumstances now - in a palace, with every comfort of plenty and peace around him - with his former circumstances which had been so sad, made it proper for him thus to celebrate the goodness of God.
Thou hast put off my sackcloth - That which I wore, or had girded around me, as an emblem of sorrow, or in the time of my mourning. See Isa 3:24, note; Job 16:15, note; and Mat 11:21, note.
And girded me with gladness - Instead of a girdle of sackcloth he had been clothed in a festive dress, or with such a dress - girded with an elegant girdle - as was worn on joyous and festive occasions. See the notes at Mat 5:38-41. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| (Heb.: 30:12-13) In order to express the immediate sequence of the fulfilling of the prayer upon the prayer itself, the otherwise (e.g., Psa 32:5) usual ו of conjunction is omitted; on הפכתּ וגו cf. the echoes in Jer 31:13; Lam 5:15. According to our interpretation of the relation of the Psalm to the events of the time, there is as little reason for thinking of Sa2 6:14 in connection with מחול, as of Ch1 21:16 in connection with שׂקּי. In place of the garment of penitence and mourning (cf. מחגרת שׂק, Isa 3:24) slung round the body (perhaps fastened only with a cord) came a girding up (אזּר, synon. חגר Psa 65:13, whence אזור, חגרה) with joy. The designed result of such a speedy and radical change in his affliction, after it had had the salutary effect of humbling him, was the praise of Jahve: in order that my glory (כּבוד for כּבודי = נפשׁי, as in Psa 7:6; Psa 16:9; Psa 108:2) may sing Thy praises without ceasing (ידּם fut. Kal). And the praise of Jahve for ever is moreover his resolve, just as he vows, and at the same time carries it out, in this Psalm. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Sackcloth - Given me occasion to put off that sackcloth, which they used to wear in times of mourning, Est 4:1; Psa 35:13; Isa 32:11; Joe 1:13. Girded - With joy, as with a garment, surrounding me on every side. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Thou hast turned - my mourning into dancing - Rather into piping. I have not prayed in vain. Though I deserved to be cut off from the land of the living, yet thou hast spared me, and the remnant of my people. Thou hast taken away my sackcloth, the emblem of my distress and misery, and girded me with gladness, when thou didst say to the destroying angel, when he stood over Jerusalem ready to destroy it: "It is enough, stay now thy hand;" Sa2 24:16. |
1 And it came to pass, when king [04428] Hezekiah [02396] heard [08085] it, that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and covered [03680] himself with sackcloth [08242], and went [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
16 And David [01732] lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and saw [07200] the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] stand [05975] between the earth [0776] and the heaven [08064], having a drawn [08025] sword [02719] in his hand [03027] stretched out [05186] over Jerusalem [03389]. Then David [01732] and the elders [02205] of Israel, who were clothed [03680] in sackcloth [08242], fell [05307] upon their faces [06440].
38 Ye have heard [191] that [3754] it hath been said [4483], An eye [3788] for [473] an eye [3788], and [2532] a tooth [3599] for [473] a tooth [3599]:
39 But [1161] I [1473] say [3004] unto you [5213], That ye resist [436] not [3361] evil [4190]: but [235] whosoever [3748] shall smite [4474] thee [4571] on [1909] thy [4675] right [1188] cheek [4600], turn [4762] to him [846] the other [243] also [2532].
40 And [2532] if any man will [2309] sue [2919] thee [4671] at the law [2919], and [2532] take away [2983] thy [4675] coat [5509], let [863] him [846] have [863] thy cloke [2440] also [2532].
41 And [2532] whosoever [3748] shall compel [29] thee [4571] to go [29] a [1520] mile [3400], go [5217] with [3326] him [846] twain [1417].
21 Woe [3759] unto thee [4671], Chorazin [5523]! woe [3759] unto thee [4671], Bethsaida [966]! for [3754] if [1487] the mighty works [1411], which [3588] were done [1096] in [1722] you [5213], had been done [1096] in [1722] Tyre [5184] and [2532] Sidon [4605], they would have repented [3340] long ago [302] [3819] in [1722] sackcloth [4526] and [2532] ashes [4700].
15 I have sewed [08609] sackcloth [08242] upon my skin [01539], and defiled [05953] my horn [07161] in the dust [06083].
24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell [01314] there shall be stink [04716]; and instead of a girdle [02290] a rent [05364]; and instead of well set [04639] hair [04748] baldness [07144]; and instead of a stomacher [06614] a girding [04228] of sackcloth [08242]; and burning [03587] instead of beauty [03308].
5 For his anger [0639] endureth but a moment [07281]; in his favour [07522] is life [02416]: weeping [01065] may endure [03885] for a night [06153], but joy [07440] cometh in the morning [01242].
2 Awake [05782], psaltery [05035] and harp [03658]: I myself will awake [05782] early [07837].
9 Therefore my heart [03820] is glad [08055], and my glory [03519] rejoiceth [01523]: my flesh [01320] also shall rest [07931] in hope [0983].
6 Arise [06965], O LORD [03068], in thine anger [0639], lift up [05375] thyself because of the rage [05678] of mine enemies [06887]: and awake [05782] for me to the judgment [04941] that thou hast commanded [06680].
13 The pastures [03733] are clothed [03847] with flocks [06629]; the valleys [06010] also are covered over [05848] with corn [01250]; they shout for joy [07321], they also sing [07891].
24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell [01314] there shall be stink [04716]; and instead of a girdle [02290] a rent [05364]; and instead of well set [04639] hair [04748] baldness [07144]; and instead of a stomacher [06614] a girding [04228] of sackcloth [08242]; and burning [03587] instead of beauty [03308].
16 And David [01732] lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and saw [07200] the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] stand [05975] between the earth [0776] and the heaven [08064], having a drawn [08025] sword [02719] in his hand [03027] stretched out [05186] over Jerusalem [03389]. Then David [01732] and the elders [02205] of Israel, who were clothed [03680] in sackcloth [08242], fell [05307] upon their faces [06440].
14 And David [01732] danced [03769] before [06440] the LORD [03068] with all his might [05797]; and David [01732] was girded [02296] with a linen [0906] ephod [0646].
15 The joy [04885] of our heart [03820] is ceased [07673]; our dance [04234] is turned [02015] into mourning [060].
13 Then shall the virgin [01330] rejoice [08055] in the dance [04234], both young men [0970] and old [02205] together [03162]: for I will turn [02015] their mourning [060] into joy [08342], and will comfort [05162] them, and make them rejoice [08055] from their sorrow [03015].
5 I acknowledged [03045] my sin [02403] unto thee, and mine iniquity [05771] have I not hid [03680]. I said [0559], I will confess [03034] my transgressions [06588] unto the LORD [03068]; and thou forgavest [05375] the iniquity [05771] of my sin [02403]. Selah [05542].
13 Gird [02296] yourselves, and lament [05594], ye priests [03548]: howl [03213], ye ministers [08334] of the altar [04196]: come [0935], lie all night [03885] in sackcloth [08242], ye ministers [08334] of my God [0430]: for the meat offering [04503] and the drink offering [05262] is withholden [04513] from the house [01004] of your God [0430].
11 Tremble [02729], ye women that are at ease [07600]; be troubled [07264], ye careless ones [0982]: strip [06584] you, and make you bare [06209], and gird [02290] sackcloth upon your loins [02504].
13 But as for me, when they were sick [02470], my clothing [03830] was sackcloth [08242]: I humbled [06031] my soul [05315] with fasting [06685]; and my prayer [08605] returned [07725] into mine own bosom [02436].
1 When Mordecai [04782] perceived [03045] all that was done [06213], Mordecai [04782] rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and put on [03847] sackcloth [08242] with ashes [0665], and went out [03318] into the midst [08432] of the city [05892], and cried [02199] with a loud [01419] and a bitter [04751] cry [02201];
16 And when the angel [04397] stretched out [07971] his hand [03027] upon Jerusalem [03389] to destroy [07843] it, the LORD [03068] repented [05162] him of the evil [07451], and said [0559] to the angel [04397] that destroyed [07843] the people [05971], It is enough [07227]: stay [07503] now thine hand [03027]. And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] was by the threshingplace [01637] of Araunah [0728] the Jebusite [02983].