Salmos 127:5

La Biblia Reina-Valera

Bienaventurado el hombre que hinchió su aljaba de ellos: No será avergonzado Cuando hablare con los enemigos en la puerta. Y veas los hijos de tus hijos, Y la paz sobre Israel. De la cual no hinchió segador su mano, Ni sus brazos el que hace gavillas. Ni dijeron los que pasaban: Bendición de Jehová sea sobre vosotros; Os bendecimos en el nombre de Jehová. Tus sacerdotes se vistan de justicia, Y regocíjense tus santos. Por amor de David tu siervo No vuelvas de tu ungido el rostro. En verdad juró Jehová á David, No se apartará de ellos: Del fruto de tu vientre pondré sobre tu trono. Si tus hijos guardaren mi alianza, Y mi testimonio que yo les enseñaré, Sus hijos también se sentarán sobre tu trono para siempre. Porque Jehová ha elegido á Sión; Deseóla por habitación para sí. Este es mi reposo para siempre: Aquí habitaré, porque la he deseado. A su mantenimiento daré bendición: Sus pobres saciaré de pan. Asimismo vestiré á sus sacerdotes de salud, Y sus santos darán voces de júbilo. Allí haré reverdecer el cuerno de David: He prevenido lámpara á mi ungido. A sus enemigos vestiré de confusión: Mas sobre él florecerá su corona. Casa de Israel, bendecid á Jehová: Casa de Aarón, bendecid á Jehová: Casa de Leví, bendecid á Jehová: Los que teméis á Jehová, bendecid á Jehová: Bendito de Sión Jehová, Que mora en Jerusalem. Aleluya. En heredad á Israel su siervo, Porque para siempre es su misericordia. El es el que en nuestro abatimiento se acordó de nosotros, Porque para siempre es su misericordia; Y nos rescató de nuestros enemigos, Porque para siempre es su misericordia. El da mantenimiento á toda carne, Porque para siempre es su misericordia. Alabad al Dios de los cielos: Porque para siempre es su misericordia.

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Bienaventurado el hombre que de ellos tiene llena su aljaba; no será avergonzado cuando hable con sus enemigos en la puerta.

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Bienaventurado el hombre que llen� su aljaba de ellos; no ser� avergonzado cuando hablare con los enemigos en la puerta.

Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Dichoso el var�n que llen� su aljaba de ellos; no ser� avergonzado cuando hablare con los enemigos en la puerta.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Happy: Genesis 50:23, Job 1:2, Job 42:12-16

his quiver full of them: Heb. filled his quiver with them, they shall. Job 5:4, Proverbs 27:11

speak: or, subdue, Psalms 18:47, or, destroy

Reciprocal: Psalms 128:3 - round about Psalms 144:12 - as plants Ecclesiastes 6:3 - a man Matthew 16:18 - and the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them,.... That is, his house full of them; called a quiver, referring to arrows before mentioned, this being the case in which they are put up: to have many children was always reckoned a great temporal blessing and happiness; see Job 1:2. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, render it, "that fills his desire" has as many as he desires or wishes for: the Targum,

"who fills his school of them:''

so Jarchi interprets the children, of the disciples of the wise men. It may be applied to young converts, the children of Christ and of the church; which, when numerous, is a blessing to him and her; see

Isaiah 49:20;

they shall not be ashamed; the father and his children, as Aben Ezra; parents rather are meant, who are not ashamed when they have many children: with the Romans z, those that had wives and children were preferred in honour to senior persons that had none; and they that had most to those that had fewest; and so with the Persians;

Isaiah 49:20- :;

but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate: where courts of judicature were kept; and so the Targum,

"in the gate of the house of judgment.''

The sense is, that their children should stand and plead the cause of their parents against their adversaries in courts of judicature; or publicly before the eyes of all, as Aben Ezra: and spiritually may design such of Christ's seed who are set for the defence of the Gospel, are valiant for the truth on earth, and earnestly contend for it; meet the enemy in the gate, publicly oppose him, and behave themselves like men, and are strong.

z A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 2. c. 15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Happy is the man - Hebrew, The happiness of the man. See the notes at Psalms 1:1.

That hath his quiver full of them - The quiver is a case in which arrows are carried; and as a man - a hunter or warrior - feels secure when he has his quiver full of arrows, so a man is blessed in proportion to the number of his sons. This is in accordance with the idea often presented in the Bible, and the promise often made there of a numerous posterity as a proof of the divine favor.

They shall not be ashamed - They shall not turn back discomfited, hanging their heads with shame and confusion. See the notes at Job 6:20.

But they shall speak with the enemies in the gate - Margin, “shall subdue, or destroy.” The Hebrew word, however, means “to speak;” and the meaning is, that they would “speak” to their foes in the place of conflict - for a battle occurred often in the gate of a city, as the possession of a gate, or an entrance to a city was of so much importance to those who attacked, and those who defended it. The idea is, that they would speak with effect; they would distinguish themselves; they would let their presence be known. The connection does not allow us to understand this of forensic controversy, or of transactions in business, though these were usually performed at the gates of cities. The meaning is, that they would do honor to the family, and gratify the heart of the parent, by their valor in defending their city and home, or in attacking the cities of the enemies of their country. The psalm is designed to inculcate the lesson of dependence on God for success in everything.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 127:5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them — This is generally supposed to mean his house full of children, as his quiver if full of arrows; but I submit whether it be not more congenial to the metaphors in the text to consider it as applying to the wife: "Happy is the man who has a breeding or fruitful wife;" this is the gravida sagittis pharetra "the quiver pregnant with arrows." But it may be thought the metaphor is not natural. I think otherwise: and I know it to be in the Jewish style, and the style of the times of the captivity, when this Psalm was written, and we find the pudendum muliebre, or human matrix, thus denominated, Ecclus 26:12: Κατεναντι παντος πασσαλου καθησεται, και εναντι βελους ανοιξει φαρετραν. The reader may consult the place in the Apocrypha, where he will find the verse well enough translated.

With the enemies in the gate. — "When he shall contend with his adversaries in the gate of the house of judgment."-Targum. The reference is either to courts of justice, which were held at the gates of cities, or to robbers who endeavour to force their way into a house to spoil the inhabitants of their goods. In the first case a man falsely accused, who has a numerous family, has as many witnesses in his behalf as he has children. And in the second case he is not afraid of marauders, because his house is well defended by his active and vigorous sons. It is, I believe, to this last that the psalmist refers.

This Psalm may be entitled, "The Soliloquy of the happy Householder: - The poor man with a large loving family, and in annual expectation of an increase, because his wife, under the Divine blessing, is fruitful." All are blessed of the Lord, and his hand is invariably upon them for good.

ANALYSIS OF THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH PSALM

The Jews were at this time very busy in rebuilding their temple, and the houses and walls of their city; and the prophet teaches them that without the assistance of God, nothing will be blessed or preserved, and that their children are his especial blessing also. This the prophet shows by these words repeated, nisi, nisi, frustra, frustra, and proves it by an induction.

I. In civil affairs, whether in house or city.

1. "Except the Lord build the house," c. God must be the chief builder in the family his blessing and help must be prayed for, for the nourishment of wife, children, servants, cattle, &c.

2. "Except the Lord keep the city," &c. And so it is in kingdoms and commonwealths. The Jews had now a trowel in one hand, and a sword in the other, for fear of their enemies: but the prophet tells them that the Lord must be their protector and keeper, else their watch, magistrates, judges, &c., would be of little value.

And this he illustrates by an elegant hypothesis of an industrious man who strives to be rich, but looks not to God.

1. "He riseth early." He is up with the rising of the sun.

2. "He sits up late." Takes little rest.

3. "He eats the bread of sorrow." Defrauds himself of necessary food. His mind is full of anxiety and fear: but all this without God's blessing is vain: "It is vain for you to rise up early," &c. On the contrary, he who loves and fears God has God's blessing: "For so he gives his beloved sleep," in the place of fear and distraction.

II. The prophet then sets down the blessing a man possesses in his children. In reference to their birth,

1. "Lo, children are a heritage," &c. They are alone the Lord's gift.

2. As regarding their education: being brought up in the fear of the Lord, they become generous spirits: "As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man," &c. enabled to do great actions, and to defend themselves and others.

And the benefit will redound to the father in his old age.

1. "Happy is the man that hath," &c. Of such good children.

2. "He shall not be ashamed," &c. He shall be able to defend himself, and keep out all injuries, being fortified by his children. And if it so happen that he has a cause pending in the gate, to be tried before the judges, he shall have the patronage of his children, and not suffer in his plea for want of advocates: his sons shall stand up in a just cause for him.