That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth – This means that our sons, not called forth to the hardships of the tent an…

That our sons.— This rendering of the relative, which so strangely begins this fragment, would be possible after Genesis 11:7;[Ref…

Or, rather, "of a temple." This should be the prayer of every parent, that his sons may be bringing forth fruit to God, that his daughters may be f…

Because our sons, and so forth. Some consider these three concluding verses to be a wish or a prayer. Others think that David congratulate…

That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth

The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, Syriac, and Arab…

Fresh favors call for fresh returns of thanks; we must praise God for the mercies we hope for by His promise, as well as those we have received by …