KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!
WEB World English Bible
Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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!
Surrounding context — Psalm 90
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וִיהִ֤י׀H1961 · ha.yahto beנֹ֤עַםH5278 · no.ampleasantnessאֲדֹנָ֥יH136 · a.do.naiLordאֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּH430 · e.lo.himGodעָ֫לֵ֥ינוּH5921 · aluponוּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיָ֭דֵינוּH3027 · yadhandכּוֹנְנָ֥הH3559 · kunto establish: prepareעָלֵ֑ינוּH5921 · aluponוּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיָ֝דֵ֗ינוּH3027 · yadhandכּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ׃H3559 · kunto establish: prepare
Cross-references
Proverbs 16:3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.1 Corinthians 3:7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.Job 22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.2 Thessalonians 2:16Now 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,Isaiah 26:12LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.Psalm 118:25Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.Psalm 80:7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.Psalm 80:3Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.Psalm 68:28Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.1 John 3:2Beloved, 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.Psalm 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.2 Corinthians 3:18But 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.Psalm 27:4One [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 inquire in his temple.Psalm 110:3Thy 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.
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