Psalms 30:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 30:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 in...
Psalms 30:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXX. Trust in God, not in Self. The Ps. was not intended originally, as the title suggests, for the purification and dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C. after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes...
Psalms 30:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

turned: denoting the act. See "girded", below. put off . torn open, or off. sackcloth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the sadness of which it was the sign. girde...
Psalms 30:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing. David concludes the psalm as he had begun it, with thanksgiving. He affirms that it was by the help and blessing of God that he had escaped saf...
Psalms 30:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; Thou hast turned - my mourning into dancing - Rather into piping. I have not prayed in v...
Psalms 30:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; Thou hast turned ... - (cf. Psalms 30:5 .) Sackcloth - the robe symbolical...
Psalms 30:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Title.—(RV) 'A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; a Psalm of David.' There is no obvious connexion between the contents of this Ps. and its title. It is a thanksgiving for recovery from...
Psalms 30:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou hast turned for me. — This verse gives the answer to the prayer. Mourning is literally beating the breast, and therefore dancing forms a proper parallelism; or else, according to one der...
Psalms 30:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 30:1-12 THE title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual "Psalm of David" having been enlarged by the awkward insertion of "A Song at the Dedication of the House," which probabl...
Psalms 30:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Joy Cometh in the Morning” Psalms 30:1-12 This psalm dates from 2 Samuel 5:11 . What a contrast between Adullam's cave and the house of cedar! When God has lifted us up in mercy, we should li...
Psalms 30:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song of praise for deliverance (1-5) and a meditation on the deliverance and its lessons (6-12), with a final note of praise (12). The phrases descriptive of the trouble are such as to leav...
Psalms 30:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jesus's strong crying and tears were so important a part in his mission, that the Holy Ghost seems to be directing the church to keep them continually in view. And he generally blends with them the t...
Psalms 30:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 30:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; Ver. 11. Thou hast turned for me my mourning, &c. ] Sustulisti luctum, et laetit...
Psalms 30:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast turned for me , &c. Having related his prayer, he now declares the gracious answer which God gave him. Thou hast put off my sackcloth Hast given me occasion to put it off, alluding t...
Psalms 30:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer and Praise. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7 L ORD , by thy favour thou hast made my m...
Psalms 30:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Having related his prayer, he now declares the gracious answer which God gave him. Put off my sackcloth, i.e. given me occasion to put off that sackcloth, which they used to wear in times of mourni...
Psalms 30:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

His Final Praise And Thanksgiving Because He Had Been Delivered ( Psalms 30:11-12 ). Psalms 30:11 ‘You have turned for me my mourning into dancing, You have loosed my sackcloth, and girded me...
Psalms 30:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This psalm was composed after recovery from a sickness which had very nearly proved fatal. The singer begins with an inscription of praise to God for His great goodness, and calls upon...
Psalms 30:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 30:11-12 I. The text describes certain changes in the lives and experience of godly men. Sackcloth was the attire of the leper, the ascetic, the penitent, and the mourner, sometimes, too, o...
Psalms 30:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

May the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writer of this Psalm, now lead us into its inner meaning! It is entitled «A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David; «or, rather, «A Psalm; a song...
Psalms 30:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The title is, a psalm and song. Chrysostom, in his prologue, understands it of a song set to the organ, or a concert of music, and sung when David dedicated his palace in the city of Zion. Here his...
Psalms 30:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will extol Thee, O Lord; for Thou hast lifted me up. A Psalm of deliverance The title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual “Psalm of David” having been enlarged by the awkward i...
Psalms 30:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of thanksgiving from first to last, and commemorates a deliverance from a great danger. It is divided into two unequal portions—one of five and the ether of seven...
Psalms 30:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer of Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death. A psalm and song, literally, "a psalm song," a composition to be sung with musical accompaniment, at the dedication of the house of David, of h...
Psalms 30:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 20:12 ; 2 Chronicles 20:27 ; 2 Chronicles 20:28 ; 2 Chronicles 20:3 ; 2 Chronicles 20:9 ; 2 Samuel 6:14 ; Ecclesiastes 3:4 ; Esther 9:22 ; Genesis 37:35 ; Genesis 45:28 ; Isai...
Psalms 30:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sackcloth — Given me occasion to put off that sackcloth, which they used to wear in times of mourning, Esther 4:1 ; Psalms 35:13 ; Isaiah 32:11 ; Joel 1:13 . Girded — With joy, as with a garmen...

Psalms 30:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 30:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 30:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 30:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 30:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 30:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 30:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 30:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 30:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 30:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 30:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 30:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 30:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 30:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 30:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 30:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 30:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes