Psalms 30:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁמַע־יְהוָ֥ה וְחָנֵּ֑נִי יְ֝הוָה הֱ‍ֽיֵה־עֹזֵ֥ר לִֽי׃

Transliteration

Šəmaʿ-YHWH wə-ḥonnēnî YHWH hĕyēh-ʿōzēr to-me

Grammar Details

• *Šəmaʿ*: Qal imperative masculine singular - hear
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *wə-ḥonnēnî*: Qal imperative masculine singular with waw conjunction and 1st person singular suffix - and be gracious to me
• *hĕyēh*: Qal imperative masculine singular - be
• *ʿōzēr*: Qal participle masculine singular - helper

Word Meanings

• *Šəmaʿ*: hear/listen/pay attention
• *ḥonnēnî*: be gracious to me/show me favor/have mercy on me
• *hĕyēh*: be/become/exist as
• *ʿōzēr*: helper/assistant/one who aids

Referenced Verses

• Jer 31:4 : 4 I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers.
• Rev 21:4 : 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more– or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”
• Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!
• Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!
• Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
• 2 Sam 6:14 : 14 Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the LORD.
• 2 Chr 20:3 : 3 Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he decided to seek the LORD’s advice. He decreed that all Judah should observe a fast.
• 2 Chr 20:9 : 9 ‘If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will hear and deliver us.’
• 2 Chr 20:12 : 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.”
• 2 Chr 20:27-28 : 27 Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the LORD had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies. 28 They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the LORD.
• Neh 8:10 : 10 He said to them,“Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
• Esth 9:22 : 22 as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies– the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.
• Ps 4:7 : 7 You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine.
• Ps 30:5 : 5 For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.
• Ps 126:1-2 : 1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming. 2 At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said,“The LORD has accomplished great things for these people.”
• Isa 25:3 : 3 So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of powerful nations will fear you.
• Isa 25:8 : 8 he will swallow up death permanently. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the LORD has announced it!
• Isa 61:3 : 3 to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.
• Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
• Isa 66:10-11 : 10 Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her! 11 For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.
• Gen 37:35 : 35 All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.
• Gen 45:28 : 28 Then Israel said,“Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”
• Jer 31:13-14 : 13 The LORD says,“At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow. 14 I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”
• Luke 15:22 : 22 But the father said to his slaves,‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!
• John 16:20 : 20 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.
• Rev 7:14-17 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”