Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands - O prosper for us the work of our hands! (Psalm 90: 17)

The original Hebrew might also be rendered as: Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish a firm foundation for what we undertake.

The first translation suggests an intervention, the second more of a predisposition. In the first we might be the recipient of a favor. In the second we are to be co-creators.

The first suggests dependence, the second partnership. There is a tension in the potential meaning. But the tension is complementary rather than contradictory.

Above is Number 8, 1949 by Jackson Pollock