God’s Word Translation
Psalms 90:15
15Make us rejoice for as many days as you have made us suffer, for as many years as we have experienced evil.
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
13Return, Lord! How long … ? Change your plans about ⌞us,⌟ your servants. 14Satisfy us every morning with your mercy so that we may sing joyfully and rejoice all our days. Make us rejoice for as many days as you have made us suffer, for as many years as we have experienced evil. 16Let ⌞us,⌟ your servants, see what you can do. Let our children see your glorious power. 17Let the kindness of the Lord our God be with us. Make us successful in everything we do. Yes, make us successful in everything we do.
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 lasts only a moment. His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may last for the night, but there is a song of joy in the morning.
- Psalms 126:5Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest.
- Isaiah 12:1At that time you will say, “I will praise you, O Lord. Although you had been angry with me, you turned your anger away from me, and you comforted me.
- Isaiah 40:1“Comfort my people! Comfort them!” says your God.
- Isaiah 61:3⌞He has sent me⌟ to provide for all those who grieve in Zion, to give them crowns instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of ⌞tears of⌟ grief, and clothes of praise instead of a spirit of weakness. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, the Plantings of the Lord, so that he might display his glory.
- Isaiah 65:18Be glad, and rejoice forever in what I’m going to create, because I’m going to create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people to be a joy.
- Jeremiah 31:12They will come and shout for joy on top of Mount Zion. They will stream to it to enjoy the Lord’s blessings: fresh grain, new wine, and olive oil, lambs and calves. Their lives will be like well-watered gardens, and they will never suffer again.
- Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn. They will be comforted.
- John 16:20I can guarantee this truth: You will cry because you are sad, but the world will be happy. You will feel pain, but your pain will turn to happiness.
- Revelation 7:14I answered him, “Sir, you know.” Then he told me, “These are the people who are coming out of the terrible suffering. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.
- Deuteronomy 2:14Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered River. During that time all our soldiers from that generation died, as the Lord had sworn they would.
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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