Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 90:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 90:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 90:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Psalms, this verse means Christians hope that God will make them good and strong in all they do. They want God's love and kindness to help them work well and do important things.

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.

Contradiction with Genesis 11:4

While Psalms 90:17 invokes God's favor in establishing human work, Genesis 11:4 shows human ambition to build the Tower of Babel apart from God's blessing, leading to confusion.

Genesis 11:4: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:14

Psalms 90:17 seeks divine establishment of work, but Ecclesiastes 1:14 sees all human endeavors as vain under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:14: I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

Psalms 90:17 expresses a desire for God's favor on our efforts, whereas Isaiah 64:6 states that all righteousness is as filthy rags without God's grace.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19-20

Psalms 90:17 calls for God's establishment of our earthly work, but Matthew 6:19-20 urges storing treasures in heaven, not focusing on earthly endeavors.

Matthew 6:19-20: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with James 4:13-15

Psalms 90:17 asks for divine confirmation of our plans, yet James 4:13-15 warns against boasting about tomorrow without acknowledging God's will.

James 4:13-15: Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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