“The joy of God is not found in just any soul but, if someone has mourned much and deeply his own sin with loud lamentations and continual weepings, as if he were bewailing his own death, the mourning of such a one is turned into joy.… The mourning garment, which he put on when bewailing his sin, is torn, and the tunic…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILIES on the PSALMS 14:7 (PS 30)
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11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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In context
9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
— Psalms 30:11 —
12To 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.