King James Version
What Does Psalms 90:17 Mean?
“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.”
Context
15
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(17) **Beauty.**—Or, *pleasantness. *The Hebrew word, like the Greek χάρις*, *and our “grace,” seems to combine the ideas of “beauty” and “favour.”
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
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Theological Significance
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