Psalms 127:5
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be put to shame, when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of one's youth.
Cross References
Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:12So the 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-asses.
Proverbs 27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that taunteth 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 →