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NASB | Psalm 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may endure for a night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning. [2 Cor 4:17] |
Subject: Solace of Misery, Remedy of Suffering |
Bible Note: "Hence arose that aspiration which believers used as a solace of misery and as a remedy for suffering: 'The Lord’s anger is but for a moment, but his mercy is for a lifetime.' How could they end their afflictions in a moment when they were afflicted almost throughout life? Where could they see such long-lasting divine generosity, when they had scarcely tasted it? If they had clung to the earth, they could have found nothing like this. But because they looked up to heaven, they acknowledged that the saints suffer the cross at the Lord’s hands 'only for a moment;' 'the mercies' they receive 'are everlasting' [Isa. 54:7-8]. On the other hand, they foresaw an eternal and never-ending ruin of the wicked who had for one day been happy as in a dream." --John Calvin, Christian Institutes, Book 2, Chapter 18 |
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