Psalm 127:3

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 127:3

Children; which he mentions here, partly because they are the chief of all these blessings, and partly because all the forementioned toil and labour is in a great measure and most commonly undertaken for their sakes. Are an heritage of the Lord; they come not from the power of nature, and from a man’s conversation with his wife, or with a multitude of wives or concubines, which Solomon had, but only from God’s blessing; even as an inheritance is not the fruit of a man’s own labour, but the gift... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 127:1-5

INTRODUCTIONVarious 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 progress during which he reigned. It uses a word answering to his name Jedidiah, meaning beloved of the Lord, and seems in connection with it to refer to the promise made to him of wisdom, riches, honour, and length of days. “So He giveth His beloved sleep,” or to His beloved in sleep (2 Samuel... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 127:1-5

Psalms 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 many years laboring in vain, trying to build the Lord's house. Trying to build the Lord's church. I used every gimmick that came down the pike, and there's a lot of them. There are people that are cranking out programs every day, sending them out to churches. And you can buy all kinds of programs:... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 127:1-5

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 a view to the house in heaven. Hence we should pray for guidance in all our temporal affairs, and for a blessing on all our toils. Among all the mercies of a temporal nature, that of children stands the first. Good children are the joy of our youth, the glory of our family, and the comfort of our... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 127:1-5

Psalms 127:1-5Except the Lord build the house.Authorship of this psalmVarious 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 progress during which he reigned. It uses a word answering to his name, Jedidiah, meaning beloved of the Lord, and seems in connection with it to refer to the promise of “a wise and an understanding heart,” unasked “riches and honour,” and, if... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 127:3-5

Psalms 127:3-5Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord. Children--Divine giftsChildren 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 great value in themselves.(1) The intellectual possibilities of a child. In the babe which the mother for the first time presses to her bosom, there may be powers that will work out into the greatest of poets, sages, apostles, reformers, even angels.(2) The emotional possibilities of a child.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 127:3

Psa 127:3 Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward. Ver. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord ] This Solomon could not but be sensible of. See the title of this psalm; especially, if by children are meant good children, as, Proverbs 18:22 , by a wife is meant a good wife. And here the poor man that hath no inheritance otherwise hath one from the Lord; for such are oft full of children; neither may he wish, as one graceless man did, that God... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 127:3

children: Psalms 128:3, Psalms 128:4, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 33:5, Genesis 41:51, Genesis 41:52, Genesis 48:4, Deuteronomy 28:4, Joshua 24:3, Joshua 24:4, 1 Samuel 1:19, 1 Samuel 1:20, 1 Samuel 1:27, 1 Samuel 2:20, 1 Samuel 2:21, 1 Chronicles 28:5, Isaiah 8:18 Reciprocal: Genesis 4:2 - a keeper Genesis 5:4 - and he Genesis 11:11 - begat sons Genesis 15:2 - childless Genesis 16:2 - the Lord Genesis 28:3 - and make Genesis... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 127:3

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.Children — The chief of these blessings.Heritage — Only from God's blessing, even as an inheritance is not the fruit of a man's own labour, but the gift of God. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 127:3

3. Lo, children From dwellings, and the right ordering of our labour, the psalmist proceeds to the family. Heritage A possession derived from a father by the law of blood relation. Children are a wealth, and the gift of God. To reverse this doctrine is a renunciation of the laws of God, both as written in Holy Scripture and implanted in our nature. read more

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