Psalms 90:14 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Psalms 90:12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.

Psalms 90:13 Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Psalms 90:14 Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Psalms 90:15 Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.

Psalms 90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "satisfy", "early", "loving-kindness", "sing", "glad", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "satisfy" and "early", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Return Jehovah how long and let it..." into verse 15's "Make us glad according to the days...", so "satisfy" and "early" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "satisfy" and "early" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.