The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

Commentaries

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John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He pursues the same subject, but he seems more clearly to explain what he had briefly stated in the preceding verse, when he says that all joy …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The joy of our heart is ceased
inward joy was gone, as well as the external signs of it: it "sabbatized" F25

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Is anyone afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they do not complain of evils…

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