You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
David had flatted himself too confidently in his prosperity, and security bred carelessness that God rightly chastised. When Absalom's rebellion was crushed and David returned to his throne, he dedicated his house with thanksgiving, confessing both his former false confidence and God's faithful discipline toward him.
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Commenting on Psalm 30:1-12
Observe the contrast, God takes away the mourning of his people; and what does he give them instead of it? Quiet and peace? Aye, and a great deal more than that. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing. He makes their hearts to dance at the sound of his name. He takes off their sackcloth. That is good.
Prosperity makes us dream that things will always be so, and we foolishly imagine our mountain stands strong by our own wisdom or fortitude, forgetting we owe it all to divine favor alone. We forget that it is earth still, only raised higher, not heaven.
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Commenting on Psalm 30:6-12