New English Translation
Psalms 90:15
15Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!
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
13Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants! 14Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days! Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble! 16May your servants see your work! May their sons see your majesty! 17May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!
Read all of Psalms 90Psalms 90:15 word by word
שַׂ֭מְּחֵנוּ כִּימ֣וֹת עִנִּיתָ֑נוּ שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת רָאִ֥ינוּ רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 90:15
- Psalms 30:5For 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.
- Psalms 126:5Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.
- Isaiah 12:1At that time you will say: “I praise you, O Lord, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me.
- Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
- Isaiah 61:3to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
- Isaiah 65:18But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness.
- Jeremiah 31:12They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the Lord provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more.
- 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.
- Revelation 7:14So I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!
- Deuteronomy 2:14Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them.
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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