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 can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you. 12So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely. Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants! 14Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days! 15Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!

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 6:4Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
• Psalms 80:14O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,
• Jeremiah 12:15But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country.
• Joel 2:13Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love – often relenting from calamitous punishment.
• Zechariah 1:16“‘Therefore,’ says the Lord, ‘I have become compassionate toward Jerusalem and will rebuild my temple in it,’ says the Lord who rules over all. ‘Once more a surveyor’s measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
• Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
• Psalms 106:45He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.
• Psalms 135:14For the Lord vindicates his people, and has compassion on his servants.
• Exodus 32:14Then the Lord relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
• Deuteronomy 32:36The Lord will judge his people, and will change his plans concerning his servants; when he sees that their power has disappeared, and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.
• Hosea 11:8How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart! All my tender compassions are aroused!
• Amos 7:3The Lord decided not to do this. “It will not happen,” the Lord said.
• Jonah 3:9Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”

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