Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 127:5
Full — Who hath a numerous issue. Shall speak — They shall courageously plead their cause in courts of judicature, not fearing to be crushed by the might of their adversaries.
Full — Who hath a numerous issue. Shall speak — They shall courageously plead their cause in courts of judicature, not fearing to be crushed by the might of their adversaries.
Verse Psalms 127:5. _HAPPY_ IS _THE MAN THAT HATH HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM_] This is generally supposed to mean _his house full of children_, as his _quiver_ if full of _arrows_; but I submit whether...
HAPPY IS THE MAN - Hebrew, The happiness of the man. See the notes at Psalms 1:1. THAT HATH HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM - The quiver is a case in which arrows are carried; and as a man - a hunter or warri...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...
CXXVII. A. This Ps. is, as is now generally admitted, composed of two independent Pss. In Psalms 127 A, _i.e._ in Psalms 127:1 f. the Psalmist's theme is _the vanity_ of toil without Yahweh's blessing...
HAPPY IS THE MAN. Hezekiah was that man. See the Beatitudes. App-63. MAN. Hebrew. _geber._ THEY: i.e. the sons. NOT BE ASHAMED. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis_ (App-6): quite the opposite. SPEAK. me...
CHILDREN OF THE YOUTH, &C.— These are opposed to the children of old age; and of these it is frequently observed, that they are the strongest, being, as Jacob says of Reuben, _his might, the beginning...
PSALMS 127 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE In Relief of Domestic and Civic Anxiety. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 127:1-2, Jehovah's Blessing Succeeds our Endeavours, Allays our Anxieties, and Gives us Sleep. Stanz...
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. HAPPY IS THE MAN THAT HATH HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM: THEY SHALL NOT...
127:5 man (f-4) _ Geber_ . see Job 3:3 . 'Mighty, Psalms 127:4 , is _ Gibbor_ ....
BUT] RV 'when.' IN THE GATE] Here the market was held and justice administered. The man with stalwart sons need not fear false accusers at the judgment-seat: cp. Job 5:4....
A warning against over-anxiety in any work. Let it be left in the wise hands of Jehovah, who gives the best blessings without human aid. Perhaps the Ps. was addressed to some too-zealous workers in th...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 127 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
THEY. — Not the _sons._ There is here one of the sudden changes of number in which Hebrew poetry abounds. (See especially Psalms 107:43.) Parents who have large families of sons are evidently intended...
אַשְׁרֵ֤י הַ גֶּ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּ֥א אֶת ־אַש
Psalms 127:1 THIS pure expression of conscious dependence on God's blessing for all well-being may possibly have special reference to the Israel of the Restoration. The instances of vain human effort...
“THE LORD HATH DONE GREAT THINGS FOR US” Psalms 126:1-6; Psalms 127:1-5 The circumstances under which this psalm was written are evident upon its face. The exiles, lately back from Babylon, are re...
The thought of the pilgrim centres upon the city toward which his face is turned as the place of home. The strength of the Hebrew people in the past, and all that remains of it today, largely results...
Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they (g) shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. (g) Such children will be able to stop their adversaries mouths...
PSALM CXXVII. (BEATI OMNES.) The fear of God is the way to happiness. _ Sion. Where he displayed his bounty. (Calmet) --- Jerusalem. In heaven, 1 Corinthians xv. 19. (Berthier) --- Mayst thou live h...
How truly blessed is it to a gracious parent, when the Lord giveth gracious children! What a blessed meeting will that be in glory, when such shall surround the throne! The Lord Jesus is introduced by...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! art thou building for eternity? See that Jesus be the foundation-stone. Art thou warring a good warfare? See that thou prove thyself a good soldier of Jesus Christ, by taking to t...
5._They shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. _Here Solomon describes such children as, distinguished by uprightness and integrity, have no hesitation in rendering an ac...
These full blessings thus sought, the building the house, the keeping the city, the desired abundance of children, are all (Psalms 127) Jehovah's doing and gift, or man labors and watches in vain. The...
HAPPY [IS] THE MAN THAT HATH HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM,.... That is, his house full of them; called a quiver, referring to arrows before mentioned, this being the case in which they are put up: to have...
Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Ver. 5. _Happy is the man that hath his quiver_] That is, his house...
_As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man_ That knows how to use them for his own safety and advantage; _so are children of the youth_ Children born to their parents when they are young, who are gene...
THE DIVINE BLESSING NEEDED FOR HUMAN ENTERPRISES. A song of degrees for Solomon, a hymn written by him probably in connection with the building of the Temple, but applicable to all similar conditions...
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them, to whom the Lord has granted a house full of children; THEY SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED, they will not meet with disgrace, BUT THEY SHALL SPEAK WITH THE EN...
HATH HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM: _ Heb._ hath filled his quiver with them SHALL SPEAK: Or, shall subdue, as Psalms 18:45. Or, destroy...
THAT HATH HIS QUIVER FULL OF THEM; who hath a numerous issue; which as it is a great blessing in itself, so Solomon's want of it made it more valuable in his eyes. THEY SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED; such pare...
Psalms 127:5 Happy H835 man H1397 quiver H827 full H4390 (H8765) ashamed H954 (H8799) speak H1696 ...
Psalms 127:1. _Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you, to rise up early, to sit up late,...
CONTENTS: The vanity of worldly care and the wisdom of dependence on God for all things in the home. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The best designed home will be a failure unless God crowns it with H...
REFLECTIONS. The man who begins the world aright, must begin with God. The stately house is built in vain, and the family multiplied for wickedness, unless it be done in the Lord's counsel, and with...
_Except the Lord build the house._ AUTHORSHIP OF THIS PSALM Various considerations taken together require the opinion that this middle Song of Degrees was composed by Solomon. It suits the time of pe...
_Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord._ CHILDREN--DIVINE GIFTS Children come not into the world by chance or fate. God sends them as His gifts. I. They are gifts of great value. 1. They are of...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 127:1. The basic theme of this wisdom psalm is that without the Lord’s blessing, all human toil is worthless. This is seen clearly in vv. Ps
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 127:3 THE CHILDREN OF ONE’S YOUTH. The children are now grown up and are standing with their father WHEN HE SPEAKS WITH HIS ENEMIES IN THE GATE. The gate was the place where legal...
INTRODUCTION Various considerations taken together require the opinion that this middle Song of Degrees was composed by Solomon. It suits the time of peaceful house-building and civil settlement and p...
EXPOSITION A DIDACTIC psalm, preaching a contented trust in God as more conducive to the prosperity of a man, or a state, than any amount of fussy activity. The ascription to Solomon is borne out (1...
Psa 127:1-5 is a psalm that is important for all of us to really get implanted deep in our hearts. Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it (Psalms 127:1): I spent far too ma...
Genesis 50:23; Job 1:2; Job 42:12; Job 5:4; Proverbs 27:11;...