Psalms 127

So, he reserved the execution of it to himself, and power to alter or dispense, to add, or diminish as it pleaseth him. Therefore saith the Psalmist, Psalm 127:3. Lo, children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward: And speaking of them, Psalm 1…

For take away from an aged man his staff, and he falls: and so take away God's blessing from bread and the strength thereof, it becomes unprofitable, and ceases to nourish. Lastly, here we see that all labor and toil taken in any kind of calling is nothing and avails not, unless…

You have an excellent Scripture for this purpose in Isaiah 56:4-5: For thus says the Lord to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant — even to them I will give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better…

Therefore reward signifies generally any recompense, or any gift that is bestowed upon another, whether it be more or less, whether answerable to the work or not, whether upon compact, or otherwise: for the Scripture makes mention of reward, where there are no precedent works, a…

Surely because they seek not at all to God, from whose mouth we ought to look for all wisdom and counsels in asking it at his hands. The more such kind of persons consult then, the more trouble they put themselves into, and the less fruit they gain thereby, as Solomon well says,…

This also appertains to a happy estate, namely, when posterity is increased: for by their help, the aged are comforted and refreshed in their labors, and the adversaries repulsed. The Psalmist, you know, compares such children to arrows shot from the hand of a mighty man, and pr…

But this manner of speech must be thus resolved, They shall not slumber nor sleep: that is to say, they shall be so far off from sleeping, that they shall not slumber at all. We have the like phrase of speech in Psalm 127, He which keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. I…

And while the Lord gives quiet sleep to his beloved ones, that they may quietly finish that they have to do, the wicked vex themselves for nothing. They rise early, and go late to bed, and eat the bread of carefulness: as it is in (Psalm 127:2). And yet in the meanwhile they can…

But God here on the contrary promises tranquility, fertility, peace, and the fruit of our labors. These blessings are well to be noted: for there are few to be found, who in taking pains, fix their eyes upon God's blessing, so as to attribute all things to him, or to be persuade…

Let us, therefore, hold this doctrine, that "children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward," (Psalm 127:3.) But Elisabeth looked farther; for, though barren and old, she had conceived by a remarkable miracle, and contrary to the ordinary course of…

But immoderate care is condemned for two reasons: either because in so doing men tease and vex themselves to no purpose, by carrying their anxiety farther than is proper or than their calling demands; or because they claim more for themselves than they have a right to do, and pl…

It was an excellent expression of Luther, to one that was much perplexed in his spirit about the doubtful events of some affairs of his that were then depending: Dominus tua omnia faciat, & tu nihil facias, sed sis Sabbatum Christi: (i. e.) The Lord shall do all for you, and you…

The Scripture plainly asserts the dominion of Providence over this affair in Proverbs 19:14 A prudent Wife is from the Lord: and Proverbs 18:22 Whos. finds a Wife, finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the Lord. So for Children, see Psalm 127:3 Lo, Children are an heritage of…

Children (as it is observed) are a resemblance of our immortality, because a man revives again, lives anew (as it were) in every child: he is born again (in a civil sense) when others are born to him. There be some who account their children, but bills of charges, but God puts t…

Who is that good man that is satisfied from himself (Proverbs 14:14)? Who but the quiet man that needs not go abroad for satisfaction, but having Christ dwelling in his heart by faith, has in him that peace, which the world can neither give, nor take away: while those that are f…

But certainly, all endeavours will be unsanctified, if not succes[•]ess, in which God is not eyed and engaged. It is in vain for you to rise up early, and sit up late, and eat the bread of sorrows; for so he gives his beloved sleep, Psalm 127:2. (i. e.) It is to no purpose for m…

One man cannot reach the heart of another — how should he then renew its fruitfulness? If natural births have been always acknowledged to belong to God's prerogative, (Psalm 127:3) "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward," and so Jacob…

His Mercies are new every Morning. He gives us Night-Mercies, he Rocks us every Night asleep, Psalm 127:2. So he gives his beloved Sleep: and if we chance to wake he gives us Songs in the Night, Job 35:10.

For he is said to 'build a house' who creates a firm and stable condition, subject to no changes. So in Psalm 127:1, when it is said that a house is built in vain which the Lord has not built, this is said not with respect to walls, or wood, or stones from which a building rises…

2. Though it go not so high as injustice, yet it appears by excessive labors, when endeavors are unreasonably multiplied, to the wrong both of the body and the soul. To the wrong of the body; see how they are described in Scripture (Psalm 127:2): They rise early, they sit up lat…

Now shall not we be carried out with a holy covetousness thus to God? See what help and methods of increase they use, how their desire carries them on in unwearied diligence, they rise early, sit up late, eat the bread of sorrows (Psalm 127:2), and all to heap up a little pelf t…

It is the Lord that girds me with strength; he puts strength into his hands, so that a bow of steel is broken with my arms; and therefore it was that when he went against Goliath, though he had before found good success in his combats with the lion and the bear, yet he says not,…

And how should any ordinance be sanctified without prayer? Reas. 4 God does give families fellowship in sundry occasions, both of prayer and praise; it is he that keeps house for us, and preserves us night and day (Psalm 127:1-2). All the family reaps this blessing together in c…

O how happy be those houses in which dwell such fathers and mothers. For they be the very true temple and elect abbey of God, yes rather a Paradise, of which is spoken Psalm 127. Blessed be he, whoever honors the Lord, and walks in his ways.