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Psalms 90:17

And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

KJV

And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

ASV

וִ/יהִ֤י נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥/י אֱלֹהֵ֗י/נוּ עָ֫לֵ֥י/נוּ וּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵי/נוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥/ה עָלֵ֑י/נוּ וּֽ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗י/נוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽ/הוּ

Hebrew

And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

YLT

Let the favour of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
נֹ֑עַם
n'm
noun · 7×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. This is the only Psalm attributed to Moses. It meditates on the eternity of God in contrast with the brevity and frailty of human life. A thousand years in God's sight are but as yesterday. The days of our years are threescore years and ten — yet even the length of days is filled with labor and sorrow. Therefore Moses …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:7 — So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
  • 1John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
  • 2Chr 20:21 — And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mer
  • 2Cor 3:18 — But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
  • 2Thess 2:16 — Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
  • Deut 2:7 — For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked noth
  • Gen 24:42 — And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
  • Isa 26:12 — LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
  • Job 1:10 — Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
  • Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
  • Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
  • Prov 16:3 — Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
  • Ps 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
  • Ps 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
  • Ps 29:2 — Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
  • Ps 50:2 — Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
  • Ps 68:28 — Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
  • Ps 80:3 — Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
  • Ps 80:7 — Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
  • Ps 110:3 — Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
  • Ps 118:25 — Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
  • Ps 118:25 — Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
  • Ps 149:4 — For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
  • Song 1:5 — I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
  • Zech 9:17 — For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
  • Zech 11:10 — And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.