Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Psalm 90 - You fill in the blank...

AELW 11:207


Psalm 90:7     "Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!"


"17. And let the brightness [Hebrew, “beauty”] of the Lord our God be upon us. This is the beauty, “the light of Thy countenance signed upon us” (Ps. 4:6), a spiritual beauty. And direct Thou the works of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands, do Thou direct it. In Hebrew: “Make firm the work of our hands upon us. And establish the work of our hands.” It is easy to harmonize them. But what is the reason for the repetition? Some say it is because of …"(Luther did not finish the sentence)

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