Psalms 90:16

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
work	פָעֳלֶ֑ךָ fo.'o.Le.kha	H6467	an act or work (concretely) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
appear	יֵרָאֶ֣ה ye.ra.'Eh	H7200	to see · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
servants	עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ 'a.va.Dei.kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
glory	וַ֝הֲדָרְךָ֗ va.ha.da.re.kha	H1926	magnificence · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
children	בְּנֵיהֶֽם be.nei.Hem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Habakkuk 3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in…
Psalms 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Numbers 14:15-24 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Deuteronomy 1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they…
Numbers 14:30-31 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua t…
Joshua 4:22-24 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Joshua 23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath fai…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:12–end

These are the petitions of this prayer, grounded upon the foregoing meditations and acknowledgments. Is any afflicted? Let him learn thus to pray. Four things they are here directed to pray for: - I. For a sanctified use of the sad dispensation they were now under. Being condemned to have our days shortened, "Lord, teach us to number our days (Psa 90:12); Lord, give us grace duly to consider how few they are, and how little a while we have to live in this world." Note, 1. It is an excellent art rightly to number our days, so as not to be out in our calculation, as he was who counted upon many years to come when, that night, his soul was required of him. We must live under a constant apprehe…

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John Gill on Psalms 90:16

Let thy work appear unto thy servants,.... Either the work of Providence, in conducting the people of Israel through the wilderness, and bringing them into the land of Canaan; which God had promised to do for them, especially for their posterity, and therefore their "children" are particularly mentioned in the next clause; or the work of salvation, as Kimchi; even the great work of redemption by the Messiah, which is the work of God, which he determined should be done, appointed his Son to do, and gave it him for that purpose now this was spoken of, and promised, as what should be done; but as yet it did not appear; wherefore it is prayed for, that it might; that the Redeemer might be sent,…

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John Calvin on Psalms 90:14–end

Psalm 90:14-17 14. Satiate us early [574] with thy goodness, and we will be glad and rejoice all our days. 15. Make us joyful according to the days of our affliction; according to the years in which we have seen evil. 16. Let thy work appear towards thy servants, and thy glory upon their children. 17. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and direct the work of our hands upon us; yea, direct thou the work of our hands. 16 Let thy work appear towards thy servants. As God, when he forsakes his Church, puts on as it were a character different from his own, Moses, with much propriety, calls the blessing of protection which had been divinely promised to the children of Abraham God'…

The Church Fathers

But now in days that are as yet evil, let us speak as follows. "Look upon Thy servants, and upon Thy works" [Psalm 90:16]. For Thy servants themselves are Thy works, not only inasmuch as they are men, but as Thy servants, that is, obedient to Thy commands. For we are His workmanship, created not merely in Adam, but in Christ Jesus, unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them: "for it is God which worketh in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure." "And direct their sons:" that they may be right in heart, for to such God is bountiful; for "God is bountiful to Israel, to those that are right in heart."...
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 90

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Dictionary and topics

Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Glory Of God, The · Saints desire to behold — Saints desire to behold

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Psalms 90:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:12–end

John Gill on Psalms 90:16

John Calvin on Psalms 90:14–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 90:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:12–end

John Gill on Psalms 90:16

John Calvin on Psalms 90:14–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 90:13–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 90:16

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 90:16