Psalm 90:16

Translations

Modern

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

Traditional

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

Literal

Let Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor upon their sons.

Latin

Respice in servos tuos et in opera tua, et dirige filios eorum.

Original

Hebrew

English

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

Notes

Psalms 90:16

The children represent future generations in contrast to the generations past (Psalm 90:1).

Psalms 90:13–17

The psalmist prays for the Lord’s favor and restoration.

Psalms 90:1–17

Although the Lord’s people have lived in him for many generations, their sin creates distance between them and their eternal Lord. The Lord’s anger against human sin can seem to last a lifetime. Even then, it is only a small sign of his full displeasure with sin. This sad situation leads the community to seek the Lord’s light.

The first step is to ask the Lord to restore them because of his compassion and faithful love (Psalm 90:13–14). He alone can make his servants glad. He alone can bless the generations that come after them (Psalm 90:16–17).

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
Psalm 44:1
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Numbers 14:15–24
If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
Deuteronomy 1:39
And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
Joshua 23:14
Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
Psalm 77:12
I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.
Joshua 4:22–24
…you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
Psalm 92:4
For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
Numbers 14:30–31
Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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Topics

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Psalm 90:16

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