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A Plea for Proportional Joy
Commentators unanimously see this as a plea for God to grant joy in proportion to past suffering. It's a request for restoration, asking that the measure of future gladness would correspond to the measure of past affliction. As one scholar puts it, the prayer is to 'balance our sorrows with an equal weight of joys.'
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 90:15
18th Century
Theologian
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us - Let the one correspond with the other. Let our occasions of joy…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 90:15
19th Century
Bishop
A prayer that prosperity may follow, proportionate to the mercy that has been endured.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 90:15
19th Century
Preacher
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
Give us measure for meas…
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John Gill
On Psalms 90:15
17th Century
Pastor
Make us glad according to the days wherein you have
afflicted us
The days of afflicti…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 90:12–17
17th Century
Minister
Those who wish to learn true wisdom must pray for divine instruction. They must also beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit, and seek comfort and joy …