Mazmur 90:13

90:13 Turn back toward us, O Lord!

How long must this suffering last? ¹ 

Have pity on your servants! ² 

Mazmur 106:45

106:45 He remembered his covenant with them,

and relented ³  because of his great loyal love.

[90:13]  ¹ tn Heb “Return, O Lord! How long?”

[90:13]  ² tn Elsewhere the Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) + the preposition עַל (’al) + 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.

[106:45]  ³ tn The Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) refers here to God relenting from a punishment already underway.