Psa 90:16-17, Isa 51:9-10 | JFB | e4.org | 16. thy work —or, providential acts. thy glory — ( ), the honor accruing from Thy work of mercy to us.

‏ Psalms 90:16-17

16. thy work—or, providential acts.

thy glory— (Ps 8:5; 45:3), the honor accruing from Thy work of mercy to us.

17. let the beauty—or sum of His gracious acts, in their harmony, be illustrated in us, and favor our enterprise.

‏ Isaiah 51:9-10

9. Impassioned prayer of the exiled Jews.

ancient days— (Ps 44:1).

Rahab—poetical name for Egypt (see on Isa 30:7).

dragon—Hebrew, tannin. The crocodile, an emblem of Egypt, as represented on coins struck after the conquest of Egypt by Augustus; or rather here, "its king," Pharaoh (see on Isa 27:1; Ps 74:13, 14; Eze 32:2, Margin; Eze 29:3).

10. it—the arm.

Art not Thou the same Almighty power that . . . ? dried the sea—the Red Sea (Isa 43:16; Ex 14:21).