Psalms 30:11
9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- KJV
- Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- 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;
- DARBY
- Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- BLB
- You have turned my mourning to dancing for me; You have opened my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
- ÅB
- Du snudde klagen min til dans for meg;
du løste sørgeklærne av meg
og omgjorde meg med glede, - OTB
- Du har forvandlet min sorg til dans;
Du har tatt av meg sørgeklærne og omringet meg med glede, - B1930
- Du omskiftet min klage til dans for mig, du løste mine sørgeklær av mig og omgjordet mig med glede,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in context2 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.
Read in contextPsalms 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in contextPsalms 150:4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
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