Lyrics
(Music Break)
(Verse 1:) (Women Unison)
Yes, there were times in my life when I thought I would never make it.
I almost went down; I was out for the count; I was through.
(Pre-Chorus A:) (Choir)
But it was then when I thought it will end that I stood up again,
and what Hell meant for evil; God turned it around for my good.
(Hook:) (Worship Leader/CHOIR Unison)
The Devil thought He had me, He thought my life was over,
He thought by now I'd give up, He thought I had no more;
but that's when someone greater stepped in my situation;
my morning has now begun because He turned it!
(Verse 2:) (Women Unison)
Sometimes I look back and I don't know, how in the world I made it;
all of those nights I would cry, my heart so filled with pain.
(Pre-Chorus B:) (Choir)
Worry consumed me; my whole revolved around fear & stress.
Tired & weak; I just could not compete anymore!
(Hook)
He turned it! (Choir sings 3x)
(Bridge 1:)
He turned my mourning into dancing
He turned my sorrows into joy (2x)
(Instrumental Break/Horn cues)
(Bridge 2:)
He turned it!
(repeat 3x)
(Repeat Bridge 1) (2x)
(Bridge 2) (2x)
(Vamp 1:)
No more crying days; no more hurt and pain, no more guilt and shame;
He turned it! No more loneliness, no more fear and stress;
no more sadness, He turned it!
(Repeat 1st Vamp 2x)
(Vamp 2:)
He turned it! (2x)
(Bridge 1)
(Vamp 2) (2x)
(Hook #3:)
The Devil thought He had me, He thought my life was over,
He thought by I'd give up; He thought I had no more! (repeat 2x)
But that's someone greater, stepped in my situation;
my morning has begun; because He turned it!
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Meaning & Inspiration
He Turned It is a testimony of reversal, moving from fear, exhaustion, pain, and apparent defeat into renewed hope. The central declaration is that evil does not have the final word because God can redirect a desperate situation toward good. Rather than minimizing hardship, the verses name nights of crying, consuming worry, weakness, guilt, shame, and loneliness. That honesty gives the repeated celebration of change a clear context.
The song’s strongest biblical echo appears in the line about mourning becoming dancing, language drawn directly from Psalm 30. Its statement that what was meant for evil was turned for good also closely recalls Joseph’s words in Genesis 50. Together, those passages support the lyric’s movement from sorrow to joy without promising that suffering is insignificant. The choir’s repeated “He turned it” functions as both testimony and praise, emphasizing God’s intervention and the beginning of a new morning after a period of distress.
Related Scripture
- Genesis 50:20 Joseph says that what others intended for evil, God intended for good.
- Psalm 30:11 The psalmist says God turned mourning into dancing and clothed him with joy.