Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 90:13
(13) 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.... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 90:12
(12) Number our days.—This verse as it stands literally gives to allot, or in allotting (see Isaiah 65:12), our days, so teach, and we will cause to come the heart wisdom. The last clause, if intelligible at all, must mean “that we may offer a wise heart,” and the natural way to understand the verse is to make God, not man, as in the Authorised Version, the reckoner of the days. “In allotting our days thus make us know (i.e., make us know the power of Thine anger), in order that we may present... read more