Psalms 90:16 (KJV)

Passage

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

Nearby Context

Psalms 90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalms 90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Psalms 90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

Psalms 90:17 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "appear", "servants", "glory", and "children". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "appear" and "servants", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "Make us glad according to the days..." into verse 17's "And let the beauty of the LORD...", so "appear" and "servants" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "appear" and "servants" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.