In the concluding portion of the prayer (vv 13–14), it is clear that the psalmist has traveled a great spiritual distance from the point at which he began. His prayer is clearly one of repentance, characterized by tears, as has already been articulated in v 9. He has come to the realization that life’s meaning cannot be related only to land and all that goes with it; he is a transient sojourner in the land, whose only home is God.

PETER C. CRAIGIE AND MARVIN TATE, PSALMS 1-50, VOLUME 19: SECOND EDITION (WORD BIBLICAL COMMENTARY), 310.