Psalms 90:16
Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
In Context
15Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
17Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,
Deuteronomy 1:39And your little ones, who, you said, would come into strange hands, your children, who now have no knowledge of good or evil, they will go into that land, and to them I will give it and it will be theirs.
Joshua 4:22Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.
Psalms 44:1To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.
Psalms 92:4\92:3\On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 90:13-17
Prayers for Mercy. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Return, O Lord , how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. 16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. 17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou… Read the whole commentary →