The Meaning of Psalms 90:14 Explained

Psalms 90:14

KJV: O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

YLT: Satisfy us at morn with Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.

Darby: Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

ASV: Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

O satisfy  us early  with thy mercy;  that we may rejoice  and be glad  all our days. 

What does Psalms 90:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 90:1-17 - The Message Of The Passing Years
The majestic music of this great psalm separates it from all the rest. It is like the deep bass stop of a mighty organ. Moses' authorship is stamped upon it. It is worthy of the man who had seen God face to face.
Psalms 90:1-6. The transitoriness of human life is contrasted with the stability of God. He is the asylum and home of all the generations of mankind, Deuteronomy 33:27. The earth and its mountains the universe and its worlds, were born of Him; but He Himself had no origin, no beginning. Time is but a sigh, a breath, the swift rush of the mountain-torrent, a tale told by the camp-fire at night, the grass of a morning's growth.
Psalms 90:7-12. A wail is borne in these verses from the forty years of wanderings. The ceaseless succession of graves was the bitter harvest of Israel's rebellions. Oh, that we might apply our hearts to wisdom that we may not fail of God's rest!
Psalms 90:13-17. In the closing words Moses utters a sublime prayer which includes us all. Let us seek to do some good work before we go, and may our children be a nobler generation than ourselves! But all beauty of character and permanence of work must emanate from God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 90

1  Moses, setting forth God's providence
3  Complains of human fragility
7  Divine chastisement
10  and brevity of life
12  He prays for the knowledge and sensible experience of God's good providence

What do the individual words in Psalms 90:14 mean?

Oh satisfy us with early Your mercy that we may rejoice and be glad all our days
שַׂבְּעֵ֣נוּ בַבֹּ֣קֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וּֽנְרַנְּנָ֥ה וְ֝נִשְׂמְחָ֗ה בְּכָל־ יָמֵֽינוּ

שַׂבְּעֵ֣נוּ  Oh  satisfy  us 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine singular, first person common plural
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
בַבֹּ֣קֶר  with  early 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ  Your  mercy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.
וּֽנְרַנְּנָ֥ה  that  we  may  rejoice 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural
Root: רוּן 
Sense: to overcome.
וְ֝נִשְׂמְחָ֗ה  and  be  glad 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural
Root: שָׂמַח  
Sense: to rejoice, be glad.
יָמֵֽינוּ  our  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.