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Psalm 90:15-17
New English Translation
Psalm 90:15-17
New English Translation
15 Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us,
in proportion to the years we have experienced[a] trouble.
16 May your servants see your work.[b]
May their sons see your majesty.[c]
17 May our Sovereign God extend his favor to us.[d]
Make our endeavors successful.
Yes, make them successful.[e]
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:15 tn Heb “have seen.”
- Psalm 90:16 tn Heb “may your work be revealed to your servants.” In this context (note v. 17) the verb form יֵרָאֶה (yeraʾeh) is best understood as an unshortened jussive (see Gen 1:9; Isa 47:3).
- Psalm 90:16 tn Heb “and your majesty to their sons.” The verb “be revealed” is understood by ellipsis in the second line.
- Psalm 90:17 tn Heb “and may the delight of the Master, our God, be on us.” The Hebrew term נֹעַם (noʿam, “delight”) is used in Ps 27:4 of the Lord’s “beauty,” but here it seems to refer to his favor (see BDB 653 s.v.) or kindness (HALOT 706 s.v.).
- Psalm 90:17 tn Heb “and the work of our hands establish over us, and the work of our hands, establish it.”
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