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Psalms 90:15

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

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שַׂ֭מְּחֵנוּsamchenvbe gladשָׂמַחverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “be glad”, a commandH8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomecheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.כִּימ֣וֹתkimotas as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…עִנִּיתָ֑נוּinitanvabase selfעָנָהverb, piel, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “abase self”, a completed actionH6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), speak (by mistake for H6030 (עָנ…שְׁ֝נ֗וֹתshenotyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “year”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).רָאִ֥ינוּrainvseeרָאָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “see”, a completed actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…רָעָֽהraahbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us, according to the years wherein we have seen evil.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.

Young’s Literal Translation

Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

World English Bible

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

Darby Translation

Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.

Douay-Rheims

He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us, according to the years wherein we have seen evil.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

εὐφρανθείημεν, ἀνθʼ ᾧν ἡμερῶν ἐταπείνωσας ἡμᾶς, ἐτῶν ὧν εἴδομεν κακά.