Psalms 90:13

Psalms 90:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
• New International Version (NIV)Relent, Lord! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants.

Context of Psalms 90:13

11Who understands the power of Your anger? [Who connects this brevity of life among us with Your judgment of sin?] And Your wrath, [who connects it] with the [reverent] fear that is due You? 12So teach us to number our days, That we may cultivate and bring to You a heart of wisdom. Turn, O Lord [from Your fierce anger]; how long will it be? Be compassionate toward Your servants—revoke Your sentence. 14O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older], That we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15Make us glad in proportion to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have suffered evil.

Psalms 90:13 word by word

שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה עַד־מָתָ֑י וְ֝הִנָּחֵ֗ם עַל־עֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• how long? and let it repentנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• thee concerning thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650

Cross-references for Psalms 90:13

• Psalms 6:4Return, O Lord, rescue my soul; Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.
• Psalms 80:14Turn again [in favor to us], O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
• Jeremiah 12:15And it shall come about that after I have uprooted them, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them back again, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land.
• Joel 2:13Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.” Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness [faithful to His covenant with His people]; And He relents [His sentence of] evil [when His people genuinely repent].
• Zechariah 1:16Therefore, thus says the Lord, “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy and compassion. My house shall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’
• Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?
• Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],
• Psalms 135:14For the Lord will judge His people And He will have compassion on His servants [revealing His mercy].
• Exodus 32:14So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He had said He would do to His people.
• Deuteronomy 32:36For the Lord will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength (hand) is gone, And none remains, whether bond or free.
• Hosea 11:8How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within Me; All My compassions are kindled together [for My nation of Israel].
• Amos 7:3The Lord revoked this sentence. “It shall not take place,” said the Lord.
• Jonah 3:9Who knows, God may turn [in compassion] and relent and withdraw His burning anger (judgment) so that we will not perish.”

Commentaries on Psalms 90:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Return, O Lord, how long? - Wilt thou continue angry with us for ever? Let it repent thee - הנחם hinnachem, be comforted, rejoice over them to do them good. Be glorified rather in our salvation than in our destruction.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Return, O Lord - Come back to thy people; show mercy by sparing them. It would seem probable from this that the psalm was composed in a time of pestilence, or raging sickness, which threatened to sweep all the people away - a supposition by no means improbable, as such times occurred in the days of Moses, and in the rebellions of the people when he was leading them to the promised land. How long? - How long shall this continue? How long shall thy wrath…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 Those who would learn true wisdom, must pray for Divine instruction, must beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit; and for comfort and joy in the returns of God's favour. They pray for the mercy of God, for they pretend not to plead any merit of their own. His favour would be a full fountain of future joys. It would be a sufficient balance to former griefs. Let the grace of God in us produce the light of good works. And let Divine consolations…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The phrase Your servants refers to the community of those loyal to the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. (Compare Psa 13:2). let it repent--a strong figure, as in Ex 32:12, imploring a change in His dealings.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Psalms 90

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings