Psalm 30:5
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 30Meaning
The contrast between a moment of anger and a lifetime of favor, between night weeping and morning joy, compresses the movement of lament and restoration into poetry; it does not impose an overnight timetable on grief.
Rescue, healing, and a call to praise
Verses 1–5 praise the LORD for lifting the speaker up, hearing, healing, and preserving life, then call the faithful to thanksgiving while holding together anger, favor, weeping, and morning joy.
Read carefully
The contrast between a moment of anger and a lifetime of favor, between night weeping and morning joy, compresses the movement of lament and restoration into poetry; it does not impose an overnight timetable on grief.
Reflection
The contrast between a moment of anger and a lifetime of favor, between night weeping and morning joy, compresses the movement of lament and restoration into poetry; it does not impose an overnight timetable on grief.