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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Psalms 30:5

3O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave. 4Sing to the Lord, you faithful followers of his; give thanks to his holy name. For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning. 6In my self-confidence I said, “I will never be upended.” 7O Lord, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified.

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 does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.
• Isaiah 26:20Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!
• Isaiah 54:7“For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
• Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
• Psalms 16:11You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.
• Psalms 36:7How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.
• Psalms 63:3Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.
• Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
• Psalms 6:6I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.
• Psalms 56:8You keep track of my misery. Put my tears in your leather container! Are they not recorded in your scroll?
• Psalms 126:5Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.
• Isaiah 38:3“Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• Matthew 5:4“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
• John 16:20I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.
• 2 Corinthians 7:9Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by 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