 | 1828 - 1042 lehte
...in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows : 3 Lo, to God, 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 lehte
...more tenderly cherished, or more highly prized than another, it is that of which David speaks,* " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 lehte
...children, that might set their hope in God, I not forget the works of God, &c. s. Ixxviii. 2 — 8. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward : happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. — Ps. cxxvii. 3 — 5. cxxviii. 3. Gen. iv,... | |
 | Christian parents - 1828 - 54 lehte
...church's predicted joy. The Hebrews were taught to regard it as such, and accordingly they sang, " Lo children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward — Happy is the man whose quiver is full of them." Psalm cxxvii. 3, 5. Now, to a Christian mind, it... | |
 | 1828 - 396 lehte
...the man of Gort's right hand? Let us enquire of the Psalmist. Psalm cxxvii. 3, •' Children are the heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward." But, shall he lose this reward? Did he not suffer upon the cross and endure the shame, in the hope... | |
 | George Thomas Chapman - 1828 - 424 lehte
...fathers would otherwise seldom realize the truth of the psalmist's declaration, "Lo children are a heritage of the Lord ; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 lehte
...and every delightful tie is mortal. — How impatient are some to enter the parental relation ! Lo ! children are an heritage of the Lord ; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. But the Proverb truly calls them, certain cares, and uncertain comforts. How often do the father and... | |
 | Robert Leighton - 1830 - 558 lehte
...natural births have been always acknowledged to belong to God's prerogative, (Psal. cxxvii. 3, Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward; and so Jacob answered wisely to his wife's foolish passion, Gen. xxx. 2, Am I in God's stead?) how... | |
 | 1830 - 400 lehte
...do not understand that Adam created or made a son, for we are expressly told, that children are the heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is his reward ; and we have scripture authority to add, that the son which Adam begat in his own likeness was in... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 518 lehte
...young people, and the state of fathers in the truth. GF Kingston, the 10th mo. 1G84. DAVID saith, ' Lo' children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hands of a mighty man, so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath... | |
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Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall... 
