Discovery BoxPsalms 30:11 
Context30:11 Then you turned my lament into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy. 1
Psalms 55:17
Context55:17 During the evening, morning, and noontime
I will lament and moan, 2
Psalms 142:2
Context142:2 I pour out my lament before him;
I tell him about 5 my troubles.
1 sn Covered me with joy. “Joy” probably stands metonymically for festive attire here.
2 tn The first verb is clearly a cohortative form, expressing the psalmist’s resolve. The second verb, while formally ambiguous, should also be understood as cohortative here.
3 tn The prefixed verb with vav (ו) consecutive normally appears in narrational contexts to indicate past action, but here it continues the anticipatory (future) perspective of the preceding line. In Ps 77:6 one finds the same sequence of cohortative + prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive. In this case as well, both forms refer to future actions.
4 tn Heb “my voice.”
5 tn Heb “my trouble before him I declare.”
