Psalm 90:13 “Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.”

Psalm 90:13

Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

World English Bible

Relent, LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

American Standard Version

Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Geneva Bible 1599

Returne (O Lord, howe long?) and be pacified toward thy seruants.

Darby Translation

Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Young's Literal Translation

Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.

Bible in Basic English

Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.

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Cross references

“Return”

Psalm 80:14 Jeremiah 12:15 Zechariah 1:16 Psalm 6:4 Joel 2:13 Joel 2:14

Psalm 80:14 · BSB

Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—

Jeremiah 12:15 · BSB

But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.

Zechariah 1:16 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

Psalm 6:4 · BSB

Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

Joel 2:13 · BSB

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Joel 2:14 · BSB

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

“how”

Psalm 89:46

Psalm 89:46 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

“let it”

Psalm 106:45 Deuteronomy 32:36 Psalm 135:14 Hosea 11:8 Amos 7:3 Amos 7:6

Psalm 106:45 · BSB

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Deuteronomy 32:36 · BSB

For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

Psalm 135:14 · BSB

For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

Hosea 11:8 · BSB

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

Amos 7:3 · BSB

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

Amos 7:6 · BSB

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

Also

Psalm 74:10 Psalm 6:3–4 Exodus 32:12

Psalm 74:10 · BSB

How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

Psalm 6:3–4 · BSB

My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

Exodus 32:12 · BSB

Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

14Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

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