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psalms 90:17

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Psalms 90:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Psalms 90:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 90:17

Theological / Devotional

Beauty. Heb. no‘am, “kindness” (see Ps. 27:4). When we see the loveliness of the character of God, we are “transfigured by His grace”, and “the beauty of the Lord our God” is “upon us.”

The work of our hands. The ordinary tasks of daily life, as well as the professional and vocational duties of our livelihood. The repetition of the prayer makes more emphatic the psalmist’s desire that God will help them to carry out the work in such a way that they may be blessed of Him.

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