A moment in scripture
Psalms 30:5
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For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 30:3
O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
- Psalms 30:4
Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
- Psalms 30:6
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
- Psalms 30:7
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.