Mazmur 50:2

50:2 From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, ¹ 

God comes in splendor. ² 

Mazmur 90:17

90:17 May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! ³ 

Make our endeavors successful!

Yes, make them successful! ⁴ 

[50:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the perfection of beauty.”

[50:2]  ² tn Or “shines forth.”

[50:2]  sn Comes in splendor. The psalmist may allude ironically to Deut 33:2, where God “shines forth” from Sinai and comes to superintend Moses’ blessing of the tribes.

[90:17]  ³ tn Heb “and may the delight of the Master, our God, be on us.” The Hebrew term נֹעַם (no’am, “delight”) is used in Ps 27:4 of the Lord’s “beauty,” but here it seems to refer to his favor (see BDB 653 s.v.) or kindness (HALOT 706 s.v.).

[90:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the work of our hands establish over us, and the work of our hands, establish it.”