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Psalm 90:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 90:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 Grant us joy for as many days as you have afflicted us
and for as many years as we have known misfortune.
16 Manifest your works to your servants
and your glory to their children.
17 May the favor[a] of the Lord, our God, rest upon us.
And may the work of our hands prosper—
indeed, may the work of our hands prosper.
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:17 Favor: another translation is “beauty,” which constitutes the Lord’s “goodness” (see Ps 27:4 and note). Thus, the psalmist asks for God’s loving help to his people, so that their work may be effective and enduring, even though the workers are apt to disappear quickly. Indeed, may the work of our hands prosper: this second occurrence of these words may be an accidental repetition.
