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.
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Gill's Exposition
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,.... Either the grace and favour of God, his gracious presence vouchsafed in his ordinances, which makes his tabernacles amiable and lovely, and his…
Barnes' Notes
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us - The word translated “beauty” - נעם nô‛am - means properly “pleasantness;” then, beauty, splendor; then grace or layout. The Septuagint renders it…
These are the petitions of this prayer, grounded upon the foregoing meditations and acknowledgments. Is any afflicted? Let him learn thus to pray. Four things they are here directed to pray for: -
I.…
Cambridge Bible
the beauty Or, pleasantness: the gracious kindliness of Jehovah. Cp. Psa 27:4; Pro 3:17.
the work of our hands A phrase characteristic of Deuteronomy, where it occurs seven times. All the ordinary…
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