For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Ver. 13. For he hath strengthened the bars, &c.] So that the gates of hell shall not prevail against them. God hath promised to break in pieces those gates of brass, and cut in sunder those bars of iron (as Samson did the gates of Gaza), Isaiah 45:2, to perfect, stablish, strengthen, and settle his saints, 1 Peter 5:10, to he a wall of fire round about them, &c.
He hath blessed thy children within thee] Making them to be many, Isaiah 54:1, and all taught of God, Psalms 147:13, children that will not lie, Isaiah 63:8 .