Psalms 127:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. ”

Psalms 127:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord - They are an inheritance derived from the Lord. They are bestowed by him as really as success is in building a house, or in guarding a city. The idea is,...
Psalms 127:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXVII. A. This Ps. is, as is now generally admitted, composed of two independent Pss. In Psalms 127 A, i.e. in Psalms 127:1 f. the Psalmist's theme is the vanity of toil without Yahweh's ble...
Psalms 127:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. children . sons. The reference to the fact that Hezekiah was rejoicing in Isaiah's message that he should have. son, made it. suitable Psalm for Hezekiah...
Psalms 127:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Lo! children are the heritage of Jehovah. Solomon here adduces one instance in which, in a particular manner, he would have us to recognize the truth which he has hitherto asserted genera...
Psalms 127:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord - That is, To many God gives children in place of temporal good. To ma...
Psalms 127:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Lo - calling attention to a leading instance of the principle that all depends on God's blessing-namely, chi...
Psalms 127:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Psalms 127:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Children. — With the true patriarchal feeling of the blessing of a numerous offspring, the poet here directly alludes to Genesis 30:2 . “Heritage of Jehovah ” is, of course, “heritage from Jehova...
Psalms 127:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 127:1-5 THIS pure expression of conscious dependence on God's blessing for all well-being may possibly have special reference to the Israel of the Restoration. The instances of vain human e...
Psalms 127:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Lord Hath Done Great Things for Us” Psalms 126:1-6 ; Psalms 127:1-5 The circumstances under which this psalm was written are evident upon its face. The exiles, lately back from Babylon, a...
Psalms 127:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The thought of the pilgrim centres upon the city toward which his face is turned as the place of home. The strength of the Hebrew people in the past, and all that remains of it today, largely results...
Psalms 127:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How truly blessed is it to a gracious parent, when the Lord giveth gracious children! What a blessed meeting will that be in glory, when such shall surround the throne! The Lord Jesus is introduced b...
Psalms 127:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lo, children [are] an heritage of the Lord ,.... As all success, safety, and the blessings of life, depend on the providence of God; so this very great blessing is a gift of his; having children, an...
Psalms 127:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Psalms 127:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord They come not from the power of mere nature, but from God's blessing, even as an inheritance is not the fruit of a man's own labour, but the gift of God. He...
Psalms 127:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Dependence on Providence; God the Giver of Prosperity. A song of degrees for Solomon. 1 Except the L ORD build the...
Psalms 127:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 undertak...
Psalms 127:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Various 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...
Psalms 127:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 127:1-19 . 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. It is vain for you, to rise up early, to sit up...
Psalms 127:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 wi...
Psalms 127:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Except the Lord build the house. Authorship of this psalm Various considerations taken together require the opinion that this middle Song of Degrees was composed by Solomon. It suits the time o...
Psalms 127:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A DIDACTIC psalm, preaching a contented trust in God as more conducive to the prosperity of a man, or a state, than any amount of fussy activity. The ascription to Solomon is borne...
Psalms 127:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Divine Blessing Needed for Human Enterprises. A song of degrees for Solomon, a hymn written by him probably in connection with the building of the Temple, but applicable to all similar conditi...
Psalms 127:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:5 ; 1 Samuel 1:19 ; 1 Samuel 1:20 ; 1 Samuel 1:27 ; 1 Samuel 2:20 ; 1 Samuel 2:21 ; Deuteronomy 28:4 ; Genesis 1:28 ; Genesis 15:4 ; Genesis 15:5 ; Genesis 24:60 ; Genesis...
Psalms 127:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Psalms 127:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 127:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 127:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Psalms 127:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 127:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

Psalms 127:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 127:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 127:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 127:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 127:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 127:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 127:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 127:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 127:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Psalms 127:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 127:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 127:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 127:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 127:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 127:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 127:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 127:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes