Psalms 127:3

“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the Lord, etc.] As all success, safety, and the blessings of life, depend on the providence of God; so this very great blessing is a gift of his; having children, and those good ones, as the Targum interprets it; for of such only can it be understood: so, in a spiritual sense, the children of Christ, the antitypical Solomon, are the gifts of his heavenly Father to him; his portion and inheritance, and a goodly heritage he esteems them; [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward; “fruit”f1771 is the same with “children” in the preceding clause; (see <420142>Luke 1:42); a reward he gives to good men, not of debt, but of grace; the Targum, “a reward of good…”

“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord - They are an inheritance derived from the Lord. They are bestowed by him as really as success is in building a house, or in guarding a city. The idea is, that everything which we value, or which we desire, is a gift from God, and is to be received as from him, and to be acknowledged as his gift. The general idea here, as in the previous verses, is that of entire dependence on God. And the fruit of the womb is his reward - Or rather, “a reward;” that is, they are of the nature of a reward for a life of devotion to God; they are among the blessings which God promises, and are evidences of his favor. Our translation by inserting the words “is his”…”

“Children - The chief of these blessings. Heritage - Only from God's blessing, even as an inheritance is not the fruit of a man's own labour, but the gift of God. Psalms 127:4”

“127:3-5 Children are one of God’s blessings. The words translated “children” (Hebrew banim) and “builders” (bonim, 127:1) form a wordplay. Having children builds a family.”

“children: Psa 128:3, Psa 128:4; Gen 1:28, Gen 15:4, Gen 15:5, Gen 24:60, Gen 30:1, Gen 30:2, Gen 33:5, Gen 41:51, Gen 41:52, Gen 48:4; Deu 28:4; Jos 24:3, Jos 24:4; Sa1 1:19, Sa1 1:20, Sa1 1:27, Sa1 2:20, Sa1 2:21; Ch1 28:5; Isa 8:18 Psalms 127:4”

“With הנּה it goes on to refer to a specially striking example in support of the maxim that everything depends upon God's blessing. פּרי הבּטן ( Gen 30:2; Deu 7:13) beside בּנים also admits of the including of daughters. It is with בּנים (recalling Gen 30:18) just as with נהלת. Just as the latter in this passage denotes an inheritance not according to hereditary right, but in accordance with the free-will of the giver, so the former denotes not a reward that is paid out as in duty bound, but a recompense that is bestowed according to one's free judgment, and in fact looked for in accordance with a promise given, but cannot by any means be demanded. Sons are a blessed gift from above. They are…”