Psalms 90:15 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Psalms 90:13 Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Psalms 90:14 Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Psalms 90:15 Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.

Psalms 90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.

Psalms 90:17 And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "glad", "days", "wherein", "thou", "hast", "afflicted", and "years". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "make" and "glad", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness that..." into verse 16's "Let thy work appear unto thy servants...", so "make" and "glad" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "make" and "glad" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.