Psalm 127:5 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 127:4-5

Psalms 127:4-5 . 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 generally the strongest and most healthful children, grow up, and become qualified to serve their parents by the time they need their service, and who live longest with them; whereas those who are born in old age seldom arrive at mature age before their parents die. Such children,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 127:1-5

Psalms 125-128 Lessons from JerusalemAs the worshippers journey towards Jerusalem, they recall some of the varied experiences that the city has passed through. They see these as typical of the experiences of God’s people as a whole. Believers are like Jerusalem in that they are completely secure and fully protected (125:1-2). Although Jerusalem sometimes came under the rule of its enemies, God never allowed these enemies to control it for long, in case God’s people lost their devotion to him... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 127:5

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 = meet, whether for negotiation or for fighting. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 127:4-5

Psalms 127:4-5. 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 of his strength; and of such it is here said, they are at arrows in the hands of the mighty Man 1:1 :e. able to defend their parent against the attempts of his enemies, as well as weapons can be. His quiver full of them, means his house as full of children as the quiver of a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 127:5

5. adversaries in the gate—or place of public business (compare Job 5:4; Psalms 69:12). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 127:1-5

Psalms 127Solomon spoke of God’s blessing in family life in this ascent psalm that is also a wisdom psalm. Trust in God yields domestic benefits that hard work alone cannot provide. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 127:3-5

2. The providential blessings of God 127:3-5The folly of working all the time and not trusting in the Lord should be obvious when one considers that much of what we enjoy does not come from working hard. Many of life’s best blessings come as gifts from God. Children are one of these great gifts. God gives them to a couple or withholds them, as He chooses, regardless of how much a husband and wife may strive to obtain them. Under the Mosaic economy God promised to bless the godly with children... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 127:1-5

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 the restoration of Jerusalem. The title assigns it to Solomon, but probably it was written long after his day. Its proverbial philosophy may have led to its association with his name: cp. Proverbs 1:1.2. Bread of sorrows] RV ’bread of toil’: cp. Proverbs 10:22. For so he giveth his beloved sleep] a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 127:5

(5) 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. From the figure of the warrior and the arrows we should expect here, too, a martial image. They shall not be discomfited, but they shall challenge their enemies in the gates. In illustration may be quoted:“Therefore men pray to have around their hearth,Obedient offspring, to requite their... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 127:1-5

God the Builder of the Home Psalms 127:1 He who undertakes to build up a home without God fails and fails dismally. The first requisite in the building of the home is character, and the final purpose of every true home is the strengthening and development of character. Let us consider the practical bearing of this thought of the home as a school of character. I. The first necessity is surely a frank recognition of the Divinity of the home. The division of secular and sacred is misleading in... read more