Psalms 30:5
3 O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
4 Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
6 In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
7 O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- KJV
- For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- WEB
- For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- ASV
- For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy [cometh] in the morning.
- DARBY
- For a moment [is passed] in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.
- BLB
- For a moment [is] His anger; for a lifetime [is] His favor. In the night lodges weeping, and in the morning, joy.
- ÅB
- For et øyeblikk varer vreden hans,
en levetid hans nåde.
Om kvelden kommer gråt som gjest,
og om morgenen er det jubel. - OTB
- For Hans vrede varer bare et øyeblikk,
Hans nåde varer hele livet;
Gråt kan vare hele natten,
Men glede bryter frem om morgenen. - B1930
- For et øieblikk varer hans vrede, en levetid hans nåde; om aftenen kommer gråt som gjest, og om morgenen er det frydesang.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 54:7–8
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.
Read in contextPsalms 126:5–6
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Read in contextMatthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Read in contextJohn 16:20–22
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
Read in contextIsaiah 26:20
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
Read in contextPsalms 103:9
He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
Read in contextPsalms 16:11
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
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