Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate - they shall not suffer the shame of defeat, but shall prevail, through the advocacy of their sons, when they have a lawsuit with adversaries in the gate - i:e., the place of justice. The transition from "arrows" and a "quiver" to a court of justice ("the gate," the place of concourse and of judicial proceedings: cf. Psalms 69:12) implies that whether in war or in trials at law, the energies of sons prove a strong defense to aged parents. Contrast Job 5:4, 'His children are crushed in the gate,' the once prosperous but wicked parent being dead. Others, as margin, translate х dibeer (H8675)], 'for they shall destroy their enemies in the gate.' Compare 2 Chronicles 22:10; Psalms 18:47, where the same Hebrew is translated, 'subdueth,' or 'destroyeth,' margin. This keeps up the image of war, implied by the "arrows." But the English version is the more common sense of the Hebrew. Compare with the description of public and private blessing through dependence on the Lord, Deuteronomy 28:4-8.