Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
Men ascribe their success entirely to themselves and rob God of His due honor. Solomon corrects this perverse error by declaring that nothing prospers except by God's blessing; our ingratitude is instant and shameless unless we acknowledge His hand in every prosperous event.
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Commenting on Psalm 127:1-5
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. Those who have no children bewail the fact; those who have few children see them soon gone, and the house is silent, and their life has lost a charm; those who have many gracious children are upon the whole the happiest.
Even a king's house stands only while God protects it. All our contrivance and ingenuity amount to nothing unless God blesses the work; the best-laid project fails without His crown of success, and we labor wholly in vain.
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Commenting on Psalm 127:1-5