Psalms 30:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.”
‘Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning’—sorrow is real but not the end; God brings renewed joy.
Read the full meaning“For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For--a moment <FI>is<Fi> in His anger, Life <FI>is<Fi> in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 30:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Exodus 3:15God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
- Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
- Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Psalms 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- Psalms 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Psalms 47:7For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him.
- Psalms 56:8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
- Psalms 59:16But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
- Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
- Psalms 97:12Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.
- Psalms 103:9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
- Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
- Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
- Psalms 143:8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 145:10All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
- Isaiah 12:1In 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 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
- Isaiah 38:3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
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