Tree of Life Version
Psalms 90:16
16Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your splendor on their children.
Psalms 90:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
- New International Version (NIV)May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children.
Context of Psalms 90:16
14Satisfy us in the morning with Your love, so we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. 15Gladden us for as many days as You have humbled us, as many years as we have seen misery. Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your splendor on their children. 17Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us. Establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.
Read all of Psalms 90Psalms 90:16 word by word
יֵרָאֶ֣ה אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ פָעֳלֶ֑ךָ וַ֝הֲדָרְךָ֗ עַל־בְּנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 90:16
- Psalms 44:1For the music director, a psalm of the sons of Korah, a contemplative song.
- Numbers 14:15If you kill these people all at once, the nations who have heard this report about You will say,
- Habakkuk 3:2Adonai, I have heard the report about You and I have come to fear. Adonai, revive Your work throughout the years, throughout the years make it known, In wrath remember compassion.
- Numbers 14:30Not one of you will enter the land about which I lifted My hand to make home for you—except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Deuteronomy 1:29“Then I said to you, ‘Don’t tremble or be afraid of them.
- Joshua 4:22then you will inform your children saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.’
- Joshua 23:14“Now today I am about to go the way of all the earth. You will know with all your heart and with all your soul that not one word of the good things which Adonai your God spoke concerning you has failed to happen. All of them have come to pass for you; not one word has failed.
Commentaries on Psalms 90:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Let thy work appear unto thy servants - That thou art working for us we know; but O, let thy work appear! Let us now see, in our deliverance, that thy thoughts towards us were mercy and love. And thy Glory - Thy pure worship be established among our children for ever.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Let thy work appear unto thy servants - That is, thy gracious work of interposition. Let us see thy power displayed in removing these calamities, and in restoring to us the days of health and prosperity. And thy glory unto their children - The manifestation of thy character; the display of thy goodness, of thy power, and thy grace. Let this spreading and wasting evil be checked and removed, so that our children may live, and may have occasion to celebrate…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 Those who would learn true wisdom, must pray for Divine instruction, must beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit; and for comfort and joy in the returns of God's favour. They pray for the mercy of God, for they pretend not to plead any merit of their own. His favour would be a full fountain of future joys. It would be a sufficient balance to former griefs. Let the grace of God in us produce the light of good works. And let Divine consolations…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The children represent future generations in contrast to the generations past (Psalm 90:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. thy work--or, providential acts. thy glory--(Psa 8:5; 45:3), the honor accruing from Thy work of mercy to us.Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 90:16
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 90
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
Tree of Life Version — © 2015 The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society
Commentaries