rise up: Proverbs 31:15-18
the bread: Genesis 3:17-19; Ecclesiastes 6:7
for so he: Psalms 3:5, Psalms 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:12; Jeremiah 31:26; Ezekiel 34:25; Acts 12:5-6
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Psalms 127:2
Psalms 127:2
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Psalms 127 — OverviewPsalms 127 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis is a family-psalm, as divers before were state-poems and
church-poems. It is entitled (as we read it) "for Solomon," dedicated
to him by his father. He having a house to build, a city to keep, and
seed to…Psalms 127 — OverviewPsalms 127 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 127:1, The virtue of God’s blessing; Psalms 127:3, Good children are his gift. Psalms 120:1, Psalms 121:1, Psalms 122:1, Psalms 123:1, Psalms 124:1, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 126:1 *titlesPsalms 127 — OverviewPsalms 127 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSong of degrees for Solomon. This psalm was written for Solomon; that is, for the sake of Solomon, as Aben Ezra interprets it; of concerning Solomon, as Jarchi: and so the Syriac title,"it was said by David concerning…Psalms 127:1-5Psalms 127:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe are here taught to have a continual regard to the divine Providence
in all the concerns of this life. Solomon was cried up for a wise man,
and would be apt to lean to his own understanding and forecast, and…Psalms 127:1-5Psalms 127:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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 outPsalms 127:1-5Psalms 127:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe blessing of God.
The psalm is in keeping with that prevalent piety which led the devout Israelite to trace God's hand in everything, and ascribe both good and evil, both joy and sorrow, to his directing power.
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