EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 90:15
15For many years you have sent trouble to us. Now, please make us happy for as many years as you have given us pain.
Psalms 90:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
- New International Version (NIV)Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil.
Context of Psalms 90:15
13Lord, return to help us! How long will you be angry with us? Please be kind to us, your servants! 14Show your faithful love to us every morning. Then we will sing with joy, and we will be happy for as long as we live. For many years you have sent trouble to us. Now, please make us happy for as many years as you have given us pain. 16Do great things again, so that we, your servants, see them! Let our children see that you rule as King! 17Yes, may the Lord our God bless us. May everything that we do go well! Yes, may everything go well!
Read all of Psalms 90Psalms 90:15 word by word
שַׂ֭מְּחֵנוּ כִּימ֣וֹת עִנִּיתָ֑נוּ שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת רָאִ֥ינוּ רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 90:15
- Psalms 30:5His anger continues only for a moment, but he is kind to us for our whole life. You may be sad all through the night, but in the morning, you will be happy again.
- Psalms 126:5When people went out to plant their seeds, they were crying. But they will be happy when they bring in the harvest!
- Isaiah 12:1At that time, you will say, ‘I praise you, Lord. You were angry with me. But now, you are no longer angry. Now you have been kind to me.
- Isaiah 40:1Your God says, ‘Comfort my people. Yes, comfort them.
- Isaiah 61:3In that way, the people in Zion who are sad will become strong again. They will not put ashes on their heads any more. Instead, they will wear beautiful hats. Instead of weeping, they will have olive oil to show their joy. They will not feel upset, but they will sing happy songs to praise God. People will call them ‘Strong trees that show God's righteousness’. They will be like trees that the Lord himself has planted to show how great he is.
- Isaiah 65:18But be happy about what I will create! Be happy for ever! I will create Jerusalem as a happy place. The people who live there will be full of joy.
- Jeremiah 31:12His people will come back to Mount Zion, and they will shout with joy. They will be very happy because of all the good things that the Lord gives to them. There will be grain to make bread, new wine and olive oil. There will be lambs and young cows. They will grow and be strong, like a garden that has plenty of water. They will not be weak or sad any more.
- Matthew 5:4Happy are the people who are sad now. God will come near to help them.
- John 16:20I tell you this: You will be sad and you will cry. But the people who belong to this world will be happy. Yes, you will be sad. But soon after that, you will become happy instead.
- Revelation 7:14I replied, ‘You surely know who they are, sir.’ He said to me, ‘They are the people who have had a time of very bad trouble. Now they have come out of that. They have washed their clothes in the blood of the Lamb. Now their clothes are white and clean.
- Deuteronomy 2:1438 years had passed since we left Kadesh-Barnea. By the time we crossed the Zered valley, all the men who had been old enough to fight had now died. The Lord had said that this would happen.
Commentaries on Psalms 90:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Make us glad according to the days - Let thy people have as many years of prosperity as they have had of adversity. We have now suffered seventy years of a most distressful captivity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us - Let the one correspond with the other. Let our occasions of joy be measured by the sorrows which have come upon us. As our sufferings have been great, so let our joys and triumphs be. And the years wherein we have seen evil - Affliction and sorrow. They have been continued through many wearisome years; so let the years of peace and joy be many also.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 Those who would learn true wisdom, must pray for Divine instruction, must beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit; and for comfort and joy in the returns of God's favour. They pray for the mercy of God, for they pretend not to plead any merit of their own. His favour would be a full fountain of future joys. It would be a sufficient balance to former griefs. Let the grace of God in us produce the light of good works. And let Divine consolations…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The psalmist calls upon the Lord to give the people gladness to replace their mourning (see Psalm 92:4–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. As have been our sorrows, so let our joys be great and long.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 90
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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