Psalms 30:5

Psalms 30:5 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Context of Psalms 30:5

3O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. 4Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. 6As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved." 7By your favor, O Lord, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.

Psalms 30:5 word by word

כִּ֤י רֶ֨גַע׀ בְּאַפּוֹ֮ חַיִּ֪ים בִּרְצ֫וֹנ֥וֹ בָּ֭עֶרֶב יָלִ֥ין בֶּ֗כִי וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר רִנָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• a momentרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281
• in his favourרָצוֹןrâtsôn râtsôn · acceptanceH7522
• lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• weepingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• may endureלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• for a nightעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• but joyרִנָּהrinnâh · cryH7440
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242

Cross-references for Psalms 30:5

• Psalms 103:9He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.
• Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.
• Isaiah 54:7For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
• Psalms 16:11You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
• Psalms 36:7How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
• Psalms 63:3Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
• Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
• Psalms 6:6I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
• Psalms 56:8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
• Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!
• Isaiah 38:3and said, "Please, O Lord, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• Matthew 5:4"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
• John 16:20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
• 2 Corinthians 7:9As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

Commentaries on Psalms 30:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For his anger endureth but a moment - There is an elegant abruptness in these words in the Hebrew text. This is the literal translation: "For a moment in his anger. Lives in his favor. In the evening weeping may lodge: but in the morning exultation." So good is God, that he cannot delight in either the depression or ruin of his creatures. When he afflicts, it is for our advantage, that we may be partakers of his holiness, and be not condemned with the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For his anger endureth but a moment - Margin: There is but “a moment in his anger.” So the Hebrew. That is, his anger endures but a short time, or brief period. The reference here is to the troubles and sorrows through which the psalmist had passed, as compared with his subsequent happiness. Though at the time they might have seemed to be long, yet, as compared with the many mercies of life, with the joy which had succeeded them, and with the hopes now…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12This individual thanksgiving psalm begins by praising the Lord for his salvation (Psalm 30:1–3). It then contrasts God's favor with his anger (Psalm 30:4–7) and ends with a transformation from mourning to dancing (30:8–12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Relatively, the longest experience of divine anger by the pious is momentary. These precious words have consoled millions.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 30

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings