Psalms 90:15

90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

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

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

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

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

90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

What does Psalms 90:15 mean?

Psalms 90:15 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׂמַח (sâmach), יוֹם (yôwm), עָנָה (ʻânâh).

Hebrew interlinear

Make

gladשָׂמַחsâmach/saw-makh'/H8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

according

the

daysיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

wherein

thou

hast

afflictedעָנָהʻânâh/aw-naw'/H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

us,

and

the

yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)

wherein

have

seenרָאָהrâʼâh/raw-aw'/H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

evil.רַעraʻ/rah/H7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Topics

Affliction, Prayer Under Penitent

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 90:15.

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 2:17

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. thou shalt surely: Heb. dying thou shalt die

Genesis 3:5

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 90:15 say?

Psalms 90:15 (King James Version) reads: "Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil."

Is Psalms 90:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 90:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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