“And let the beauty 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.”
The final prayer: "Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands—O prosper the work of our hands!" The petition for divine favor on human work becomes the ultimate prayer. The repetition emphasizes the importance of this request.
Church Fathers on Psalms 90:17
1. This Psalm is entitled, “The prayer of Moses the man of God,” through whom, His man, God gave the law to His people, through whom He freed them from the house of slavery, and led them forty years through the wilderness. Moses was therefore the Minister of the Old, and the Prophet of the New Testament. For “all these things,” says the Apostle, “happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the world come.” 1 Corinthians…
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