Revised Version 1895
Psalms 90:15
15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen 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, O LORD; how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 14O satisfy us in the morning with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. 16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory upon their children. 17And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Read all of Psalms 90Psalms 90:15 word by word
שַׂ֭מְּחֵנוּ כִּימ֣וֹת עִנִּיתָ֑נוּ שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת רָאִ֥ינוּ רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 90:15
- Psalms 30:5For his anger is but for a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may tarry for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Psalms 126:5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
- Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortest me.
- Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
- Isaiah 61:3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
- Isaiah 65:18But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
- Jeremiah 31:12And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together unto the goodness of the LORD, to the corn, and to the wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
- Matthew 5:4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- John 16:20Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
- Revelation 7:14And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- Deuteronomy 2:14And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as the LORD sware unto 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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