Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 90:13

"Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants." — Psalms 90:13 (ASV)

Return. —Better, turn, either from anger (Exodus 32:12), or merely as in Psalms 6:4, turn to thy servant.

Plainly we have here the experience of some particular epoch, and a prayer for Israel. From his meditation on the shortness of human existence the poet does not pass to a prayer for a prolonged life for himself, like Hezekiah, but for some intervention in relief of the suffering community of which he forms part.

How long? —See Note, Psalms 74:9.

Let it repent thee. —Better, have pity on. (See Deuteronomy 32:36.)