Psalms 127:5
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of youth.
Cross References
Job 1:2And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:12So LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.
Proverbs 27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 127:2-5
Dependence on Providence; God the Giver of Prosperity. 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. 2 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. 3 Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of… Read the whole commentary →