For his anger lasts only a moment,
    but his favour lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.

When I felt secure, I said,
    ‘I shall never be shaken.’
Lord, when you favoured me,
    you made my royal mountain[a] stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
    I was dismayed.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:7 That is, Mount Zion