Psalms 90:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Moses prays to God for the Israelites, requesting joy proportional to their recent hardship, immediately after asking for morning satisfaction in Psalm 90:14.

The words — שַׂמְּחֵנוּ (sammeḵēnū, "make us glad") and עִנִּיתָנוּ ('innîṯānû, "you afflicted us") establish the verse's structural request for measured restoration.

The thread — This proportional shift from sorrow to joy runs through Psalm 30:5 and Psalm 126:5, while Isaiah 40:1 records God's promise to comfort His people and pardon their iniquity.

Why it lands — The text requires readers to accept disciplined suffering as a fixed measure that God Himself will match with joy, demanding practical reliance rather than abstract optimism.

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The Hebrew words

שַׂ֭מְּחֵנוּSam.che./numake rejoice/ us כִּימ֣וֹתki./Motaccording to/ [the] days עִנִּיתָ֑נוּ'i.ni.Ta./nu<of> [which] you afflicted/ us שְׁ֝נ֗וֹתShe.Not[the] years רָאִ֥ינוּra.'I.nu<of> [which] we saw רָעָֽה׃ra.'Ahtrouble

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Psalms 30:5 For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 126:5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Isaiah 40:1 “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.
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.
Jeremiah 31:12 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 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.
Isaiah 65:18 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.
Revelation 7:14 “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.
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.