The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 127:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord. The teaching is enforced by an example. The prosperity, alike of states and of individuals, depends on nothing so much as on an abundant progeny of children.

But children are manifestly the free gift of God. And the fruit of the womb is his reward. One of the ways in which he rewards his faithful ones (see Deuteronomy 28:10 :11).

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