The theme of these three Pslams is, "I am wasting away in difficulty due to my own sin and the oppression of my enemies (who at one time were my friends) and now I cry out to God and He delievred me not so I can be free to do what I want but so that I can jump for joy and sing out praises to God." Yes, that is a long theme, but a good theme. David was in a tight place when he wrote these Pslams. Sometimes because of others; mostly because of his sin. But, he found freedom and saw God convert his circumstances to great joy. The last verse of the section tells us why God changed his difficulty into delight:
Psalms 32:11 - Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
The reason God changes all of our sorrow into joy is so that we might praise Him. Our cheif end of all that we do is to worship and rejoice in Him. The difficulties of life are a result of a rebellious and contrary nature of all of the earth's forces, including the nature that dwells within us. When He rescues us and shows us "favor" (30:5, 7) we are not only expected to praise Him for that we now able to praise Him for that. So, let's rejoice - we have a reason and now have the capacity. "Be glad ... rejoice ... shout for joy!"
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