Mazmur 30:5

30:5 For his anger lasts only a brief moment,

and his good favor restores one’s life. ¹ 

One may experience sorrow during the night,

but joy arrives in the morning. ² 

Mazmur 59:16

59:16 As for me, I will sing about your strength;

I will praise your loyal love in the morning.

For you are my refuge ³ 

and my place of shelter when I face trouble. ⁴ 

Mazmur 90:14

90:14 Satisfy us in the morning ⁵  with your loyal love!

Then we will shout for joy and be happy ⁶  all our days!

[30:5]  ¹ tn Heb “for [there is] a moment in his anger, [but] life in his favor.” Because of the parallelism with “moment,” some understand חַיִּים (khayyim) in a quantitative sense: “lifetime” (cf. NIV, NRSV). However, the immediate context, which emphasizes deliverance from death (see v. 3), suggests that חַיִּים has a qualitative sense: “physical life” or even “prosperous life” (cf. NEB “in his favour there is life”).

[30:5]  ² tn Heb “in the evening weeping comes to lodge, but at morning a shout of joy.” “Weeping” is personified here as a traveler who lodges with one temporarily.

[59:16]  ³ tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

[59:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “and my shelter in the day of my distress.”

[90:14]  ⁵ sn Morning is used metaphorically for a time of renewed joy after affliction (see Pss 30:5; 46:5; 49:14; 59:16; 143:8).

[90:14]  ⁶ tn After the imperative (see the preceding line) the cohortatives with the prefixed conjunction indicate purpose/result.