Psalm 90:15

Translations

Modern

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

Traditional

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Literal

Let us be glad according to the days You have afflicted us—the years we have seen evil.

Latin

Lætati sumus pro diebus quibus nos humiliasti; annis quibus vidimus mala.

Original

Hebrew

English

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

Notes

Psalms 90:15

The psalmist calls upon the Lord to give the people gladness to replace their mourning (see Psalm 92:4–5).

Psalms 90:13–17

The psalmist prays for the Lord’s favor and restoration.

Psalms 90:1–17

Although the Lord’s people have lived in him for many generations, their sin creates distance between them and their eternal Lord. The Lord’s anger against human sin can seem to last a lifetime. Even then, it is only a small sign of his full displeasure with sin. This sad situation leads the community to seek the Lord’s light.

The first step is to ask the Lord to restore them because of his compassion and faithful love (Psalm 90:13–14). He alone can make his servants glad. He alone can bless the generations that come after them (Psalm 90:16–17).

Theme notes and profiles

Moses The Poor and Needy in the Psalms Wisdom Psalms

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Psalm 30:5
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 126:5–6
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Isaiah 40:1–2
“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
John 16:20
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
Jeremiah 31:12–13
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
Isaiah 61:3
…to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Revelation 7:14–17
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “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.
Isaiah 65:18–19
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Deuteronomy 2:14–16
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

Glossary

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Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Dispensation of God Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Penitent: Promises To Prayer Under Affliction for Restoration to Joy

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