Psalms 90:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וִיהִ֤י ׀ נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

And let the nōʿam of ʾĂḏōnāy our ʾĕlōhênû be upon us, and maʿăśēh our yāḏênû kônĕnâ upon us, and maʿăśēh our yāḏênû kônĕnēhû.

Grammar Details

*wîhî*: conjunction + qal jussive, 3rd masculine singular - and let be
*nōʿam*: masculine singular construct - pleasantness/beauty of
*ʾĂḏōnāy*: divine name - Lord/Master
*ʾĕlōhênû*: masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - our God
*ʿālênû*: preposition + 1st plural suffix - upon us
*ûmaʿăśēh*: conjunction + masculine singular construct - and work of
*yāḏênû*: feminine dual + 1st plural suffix - our hands
*kônĕnâ*: polel imperative, masculine singular - establish/confirm
*kônĕnēhû*: polel imperative, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - establish it

Word Meanings

*nōʿam*: pleasantness/beauty/favor/graciousness
*maʿăśēh yāḏênû*: work of our hands/our handiwork/our labor/what we do
*kônĕnâ*: establish/confirm/make firm/secure
*kônĕnēhû*: establish it/confirm it/make it secure

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 3:7 : 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Prov 16:3 : 3 Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
Isa 26:12 : 12 [Jehovah,] [thou wilt ordain] [peace] [for us; for thou hast also wrought] [all our works] [for us.]
2 Thess 2:16-3:1 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also [it is] with you;
Job 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.
Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Ps 118:25 : 25 Save now, we beseech thee, O Jehovah: O Jehovah, we beseech thee, send now prosperity.
1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
Ps 50:2 : 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
Ps 68:28 : 28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Ps 80:3 : 3 Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 80:7 : 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

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