“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Psalm 30:5 · KJV
Psalm 30 is a song of dawn after the long night. David sings that weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. This hymn takes that line and gives it a household voice — for every family that has waited through a dark evening for the mercy of a new day.
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Psalm 30:5 · KJV
Companion passages: Lamentations 3:22-23 ("His compassions fail not. They are new every morning") · Isaiah 60:1 ("Arise, shine; for thy light is come") · Revelation 21:4 ("God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes") · Psalm 143:8 ("Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning").
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The Christian's morning is not the sunrise; it is Christ. Every dawn we wake to is a small rehearsal of the greater morning that will end all mourning. Until then, the tears we count are also the tears he counts. Weeping tarries — but only for a night. The morning has a name.
Lord God, thou hast promised that weeping shall not have the last word in thy household. Give us patience through every night, and grant us to wake tomorrow with joy that comes from thee alone. Let Christ be our morning, our light, and our life. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Read Psalm 30 aloud at breakfast. Sing Verse 1 slowly, then Verse 2 with lifted voice. Name one mercy the household received this morning.
Sing the Bridge together before sleep. Remind the household: weeping tarries but a night.
Draw a sun rising over a small house with the children. Sing Verse 3 together. Tell them: mercy is new every morning, and God counts every tear.