Psalms 90:13
Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
In Context
12How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
Cross References
Exodus 32:14So then Yahweh was grieved,—over the calamity—which he had spoken of inflicting on his people.
Deuteronomy 32:36For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And upon his servants, will have compassion,—When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large,
Psalms 6:4Return, O Yahweh, deliver my soul, Save me, for the sake of thy lovingkindness;
Psalms 74:10How long, O God, shall the adversary, reproach? Shall the enemy revile thy Name perpetually?
Psalms 80:15Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.
Psalms 106:45Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:13-17
Prayers for Mercy. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Return, O Lord , how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. 16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. 17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou… Read the whole commentary →