Psalms 127:3

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. LO - calling attention to a leading instance of the principle that all depends on God's blessing-namely, children. CHILDREN ARE AN HERITAGE OF THE LORD - ; ; . As fathers bequeath inheritances to their children (), so God gives to His beloved sons children as their "heritage." First, he gives a house, security, and competent means (Psalms 127:1); then children to enjoy them with and after their parents. And the fruit of the womb is his r...

3._Lo! children are the heritage of Jehovah. _Solomon here adduces one instance in which, in a particular manner, he would have us to recognize the truth which he has hitherto asserted generally — that the life of men is governed by God. Nothing seems more natural than for men to be produced of men. The majority of mankind dream, that after God had once ordained this at the beginning, children were thenceforth begotten solely by a secret instinct of nature, God ceasing to interfere in the matter; and even those who are endued with some sense of piety, although they may not deny that He is the Father and Creator of the human race, yet do not acknowledge that his providential care descends to this particular case, but rather think that men are created by a certain universal motion. With the view of correcting this preposterous error, Solomon calls children _the heritage of God, _and the fr...

Verse Psalms 127:3. _LO, CHILDREN_ ARE _A HERITAGE OF THE LORD_] That is, To many God gives children in place of temporal good. To many others he gives houses, lands, and thousands of gold and silver, and with them the womb that beareth not; and these are their inheritance. The poor man has from God a number of children, without lands or money; these are his inheritance; and God shows himself their father, feeding and supporting them by a chain of miraculous providences. Where is the _poor man_ who would give up his _six_ _children_, with the prospect of having _more_, for the _thousands_ or _millions_ of him who is the _centre_ of his _own existence_, and has neither _root_ nor _branch_ but his forlorn solitary self upon the face of the earth? Let the fruitful family, however poor, lay this to heart; "Children are a...

LO, CHILDREN ARE AN HERITAGE OF THE LORD - They are an inheritance derived from the Lord. They are bestowed by him as really as success is in building a house, or in guarding a city. The idea is, that everything which we value, or which we desire, is a gift from God, and is to be received as from him, and to be acknowledged as his gift. The general idea here, as in the previous verses, is that of entire dependence on God. AND THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB IS HIS REWARD - Or rather, “a reward;” that is, they are of the nature of a reward for a life of devotion to God; they are among the blessings which God promises, and are evidences of his favor. Our translation by inserting the words “is his” obscures the sense, as if the meaning were that they belong to God as his “reward” for what he does for us. The reverse of this is the true idea - that they are a blessing with which he rewards or favors h...

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) by the use of Solomonic words; _e_._g_._ 'etseb_,_ ne'urim_,_ yedido_;_ _and (2) by the agreement of the general sentiment with Proverbs 10:22. PSALMS 127:1 EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE; rather, _a house_;_ i_._e_. any house whatsoever. THEY LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD it. They will effect nothing—no house will be built. Except the Lord keep the city; rather, a city. The watchman waketh but in vai

LO, CHILDREN [ARE] AN HERITAGE OF THE LORD,.... As all success, safety, and the blessings of life, depend on the providence of God; so this very great blessing is a gift of his; having children, and those good ones, as the Targum interprets it; for of such only can it be understood: so, in a spiritual sense, the children of Christ, the antitypical Solomon, are the gifts of his heavenly Father to him; his portion and inheritance, and a goodly heritage he esteems them; [AND] THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB [IS HIS] REWARD; "fruit" y is the same with "children" in the preceding clause; see Luke 1:42; a reward he gives to good men, not of debt, but of grace; the Targum, "a reward of good works:'' so regenerate persons are a reward to Christ, of his sufferings and death, Isaiah 53:10

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, to eat the bread of sorrows for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward._ The psalmist had been speaking about house-building, and there is the building up of the house in the sense of a family being built up by children. Some people think children an encumbrance, but they are «a heritage of the Lord,» and they are to be looked upon with gladness. One said, «I have twelve sons,» and his friend answered, «That is exactly Jacob's number.» «Yes,» said the first speaker, «and I have Jacob's God to enable me to sustain them.» There is a comfort in that thought; may God grant that none may be troubled by those who

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 celebrate the feasts of the Lord--”Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.” They are indeed Psalms of “the goings-up” for we rise higher and higher as we read through them. Prophetically they give us again the steps from trial and suffering to the glorious consummation. As they are so simple in language and construction no lengthy annotations are needed. Psalms 120:1 begins with distress, picturing again the suffering of the righteous godly remnant. In Psalms 121:1 the Keeper of Israel, the Covenant Keeping God, is revealed

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. The house was taken to mean the Temple: hence in the received text, but not in the LXX, the Ps. is ascribed to Solomon. At the end of Psalms 127:2 render, So, _i.e._ as fully as others get by their toilhe giveth to his beloved in sleep. But the text is almost certainly corrupt. B. PSALMS 127:3. SONS A GIFT BESTOWED BY YAHWEH. Psalms 127:4. children of youth, _i.e._ begotten in the vigorous youth of

LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. CHILDREN. sons. The reference to the fact that Hezekiah was rejoicing in Isaiah's message that he should have. son, made it. suitable Psalm for Hezekiah to select (2Ki 20:12, 2 Kings 20:18; Isaiah 39:7). OF. from. Hence he sings Jehovah _'_. praise....