It is no avail.

It is no avail that we serve the Lord and His church as we wear ourselves out (Isa. 16:12)

with overweening pride (v. 6).

It is no avail to go to the temple and pray (v. 6).

Our boastings are empty (v. 6).

God has put an end to the shouting in joy and gladness (v. 10)

that comes out of the prideful heart.

And God turns that joy and gladness into lament and grieve (v. 7)

and weeps and tears (v. 9).