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 derivation of the word, machôl would suggest piping. (See margin, Psalms 149:3; Psalms 150:4; see Smith’s Bible Dictionary, under “Dance;” and Bible Educator, vol. ii., p. 70; and comp. Note to Song of Solomon 6:13.)
Related Commentaries of Psalms 30:11
Psalms 30:11
11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;