John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 127:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 works:” so regenerate persons are a reward to Christ, of his sufferings and death, (<235310>Isaiah 53:10,11).

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