5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.


In Context

2 Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.

3 Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

4 Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.

5 For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, |I shall never be moved.|

7 You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.

Psalm 30:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:5For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:5For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:5For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:5For 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:5For a moment is passed in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:5For his anger is but for a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may tarry for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:5For — a moment is in His anger, Life is in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:5For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.