Psalms 30:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זַמְּר֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חֲסִידָ֑יו וְ֝הוֹד֗וּ לְזֵ֣כֶר קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃

Transliteration

Zammərû to-YHWH ḥăsîdāw wə-hôdû to-zēḵer qodšô

Grammar Details

*Zammərû*: Piel imperative masculine plural - sing praises
*YHWH*: divine name with prefixed preposition lamed - to Yahweh/LORD
*ḥăsîdāw*: masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his faithful ones
*wə-hôdû*: Hiphil imperative masculine plural with waw conjunction - and give thanks
*zēḵer*: masculine singular construct with prefixed preposition lamed - to the memory/remembrance
*qodšô*: masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his holiness

Word Meanings

*Zammərû*: sing praises/make music/celebrate with song
*ḥăsîdāw*: his faithful ones/his godly ones/his saints/his loyal followers
*hôdû*: give thanks/praise/acknowledge
*zēḵer*: memory/remembrance/memorial
*qodšô*: his holiness/his holy name/his sacred character

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Isa 54:7-8 : 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us {G2596} more and {G5236} more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
Ps 103:9 : 9 He will not always chide; Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
Isa 26:20 : 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Ps 6:6-9 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries. 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.
Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves [with him].
2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. 10 For {G2596} godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Matt 5:4 : 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
John 16:20-22 : 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: {G1161} ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world. 22 And ye therefore {G3303} now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.
Ps 143:8 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Isa 38:3-5 : 3 and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 4 Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying, 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Ps 46:5 : 5 God is in the midst of her; She shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.
Ps 59:16 : 16 But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress.
Ps 63:3 : 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
Ps 103:17 : 17 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;
Ps 56:8-9 : 8 Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book? 9 Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me. 10 In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word), 11 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?
Ps 36:7-9 : 7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.
Gen 32:24 : 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
Isa 57:15-16 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite. 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.
Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a {G2513} river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: {G2532} he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

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