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13 Turn back toward us, O Lord.
How long must this suffering last?[a]
Have pity on your servants.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:13 tn Heb “Return, O Lord. How long?”
  2. Psalm 90:13 tn Elsewhere the Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) + the preposition עַל (ʿal) + a personal object has the nuance “be comforted concerning [the personal object’s death]” (see 2 Sam 13:39; Jer 31:15). However, here the context seems to demand “feel sorrow for,” “have pity on.” In Deut 32:36 and Ps 135:14, where “servants” is also the object of the preposition, this idea is expressed with the Hitpael form of the verb.

13 Relent, Lord! How long(A) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.(B)

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