15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil.
15 Make up for the bad times with some good times; we've seen enough evil to last a lifetime.
15 Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil.
15 Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 90:15
Commentary on Psalm 90:12-17
(Read Psalm 90:12-17)
Those who would learn true wisdom, must pray for Divine instruction, must beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit; and for comfort and joy in the returns of God's favour. They pray for the mercy of God, for they pretend not to plead any merit of their own. His favour would be a full fountain of future joys. It would be a sufficient balance to former griefs. Let the grace of God in us produce the light of good works. And let Divine consolations put gladness into our hearts, and a lustre upon our countenances. The work of our hands, establish thou it; and, in order to that, establish us in it. Instead of wasting our precious, fleeting days in pursuing fancies, which leave the possessors for ever poor, let us seek the forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance in heaven. Let us pray that the work of the Holy Spirit may appear in converting our hearts, and that the beauty of holiness may be seen in our conduct.