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

3Adonai my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. 4Adonai, You brought my soul up from Sheol. You kept me alive, so I would not go down to the Pit. Sing praise to Adonai, His faithful ones, and praise His holy name. 6For His anger lasts for only a moment, His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. 7When I felt secure, I said: “I will never be shaken.”

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 accuse, nor will He keep His anger forever.
• Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide for a little while, until the wrath is past.
• Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I deserted you, but I will regather you with great compassion.
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the High and Exalted One who inhabits eternity, whose Name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, yet also with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the contrite.
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
• Psalms 16:11You make known to me the path of life. Abundance of joys are in Your presence, eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
• Psalms 36:7Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like the great deep. You preserve man and beast, Adonai.
• Psalms 63:3So, I looked for You in the Sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory.
• Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life—bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
• Psalms 6:6For there is no memory of You in death, in Sheol who will praise You?
• Psalms 56:8In spite of such sin, will they escape? In fierce anger, O God, cast down such people!
• Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears will reap with a song of joy.
• Isaiah 38:3He said: “Please, Adonai, remember how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• Matthew 5:4“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
• John 16:20Amen, amen I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will celebrate. You will be filled with sorrow, but your sorrow will turn to joy!
• 2 Corinthians 7:9Now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to the point of repentance. For you were grieved according to God’s will, so that you might in no way suffer loss from 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