Psalm 90:16-17
New English Translation
16 May your servants see your work.[a]
May their sons see your majesty.[b]
17 May our Sovereign God extend his favor to us.[c]
Make our endeavors successful.
Yes, make them successful.[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:16 tn Heb “may your work be revealed to your servants.” In this context (note v. 17) the verb form יֵרָאֶה (yeraʾeh) is best understood as an unshortened jussive (see Gen 1:9; Isa 47:3).
- Psalm 90:16 tn Heb “and your majesty to their sons.” The verb “be revealed” is understood by ellipsis in the second line.
- Psalm 90:17 tn Heb “and may the delight of the Master, our God, be on us.” The Hebrew term נֹעַם (noʿam, “delight”) is used in Ps 27:4 of the Lord’s “beauty,” but here it seems to refer to his favor (see BDB 653 s.v.) or kindness (HALOT 706 s.v.).
- Psalm 90:17 tn Heb “and the work of our hands establish over us, and the work of our hands, establish it.”
Psalm 90:16-17
New International Version
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.(A)
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:17 Or beauty
Psalm 90:16-17
King James Version
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
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.
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Psalm 90:16-17
New King James Version
16 Let (A)Your work appear to Your servants,
And Your glory to their children.
17 (B)And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And (C)establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.
Psalm 90:16-17
English Standard Version
16 Let your (A)work be shown to your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.
17 Let the (B)favor[a] of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish (C)the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:17 Or beauty
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