You have 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…

Thou hast turned for me. —This verse gives the answer to the prayer. Mourning is literally beating the breas…

What a transformation scene in answer to prayer! Notice that David does not say, "I hope that thou hast," but he puts it thus: "Thou hast—thou hast…

You have turned my mourning into dancing. David concludes the psalm as he had begun it, with thanksgiving. He affirms that it was by the h…

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing
This, with what follows, expresses the success he had in seeking the…

When things are well with us, we are very prone to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, we should think with shame upon our …

1. In the previous psalm, the prophet exhorted others to give thanks; here he now gives thanks himself.

The title is a psalm of a s…