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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.
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God's Favor, Not His Anger
Commentators stress that God's fundamental nature is one of life-giving favor, not anger. His 'anger' is a temporary, corrective response that feels like a moment, while His favor is a constant, life-long reality. As John Gill notes, God's anger is our perception of His discipline, not a human-like rage. His true disposition is to grant life and mercy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For his anger endureth but a moment - Margin: There is but “a moment in his anger.” So the Hebrew. That is, His anger endures but a…
19th Century
Anglican
For his anger. —Literally,
“For a moment (is) in his anger, Life in his favour; In the evening comes to lodge…
Baptist
For his anger endureth but a moment;
Notice that the words endureth but are inserted by the translators, and very properly…
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16th Century
Protestant
For his anger is only for a moment. It is beyond all controversy that life is opposed here to for a moment, and conseque…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For his anger [endureth but] a moment Anger is not properly in God, he being a simple, uncompounded, immovable, and …
The great things the Lord has done for us, both by his providence and by his grace, bind us in gratitude to do all we can to advance his kingdom am…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. In the previous psalm, the prophet exhorted others to give thanks; here he now gives thanks himself.
The title is a psalm of a s…
