Psalms 128:6
Context128:6 and that you might see 1 your grandchildren. 2
May Israel experience peace! 3
Psalms 34:11
Context34:11 Come children! Listen to me!
I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord. 4
Psalms 103:13
Context103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, 5
so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. 6
Psalms 127:3
Context127:3 Yes, 7 sons 8 are a gift from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Psalms 78:6
Context78:6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born,
might know about them.
They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. 9
Psalms 103:17
Context103:17 But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, 10
and is faithful to their descendants, 11
Psalms 17:14
Context17:14 Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, 12
from the murderers of this world! 13
They enjoy prosperity; 14
you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. 15
They have many children,
and leave their wealth to their offspring. 16


[128:6] 1 tn The imperative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the jussive in v. 5a.
[128:6] 2 tn Heb “sons to your sons.”
[128:6] 3 tn Heb “peace [be] upon Israel.” The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 125:5).
[34:11] 4 tn Heb “the fear of the
[103:13] 7 tn Or “sons,” but the Hebrew term sometimes refers to children in general.
[103:13] 8 tn Heb “those who fear him.”
[127:3] 11 tn Some prefer to translate this term with the gender neutral “children,” but “sons” are plainly in view here, as the following verses make clear. Daughters are certainly wonderful additions to a family, but in ancient Israelite culture sons were the “arrows” that gave a man security in his old age, for they could defend the family interests at the city gate, where the legal and economic issues of the community were settled.
[78:6] 13 tn Heb “in order that they might know, a following generation, sons [who] will be born, they will arise and will tell to their sons.”
[103:17] 16 tn Heb “but the loyal love of the
[103:17] 17 tn Heb “and his righteousness to sons of sons.”
[17:14] 19 tc Heb “from men [by] your hand,
[17:14] 20 tn Heb “from men, from [the] world.” On the emendation of “men” to “murderers,” see the preceding note on the word “murderers.”
[17:14] 21 tn Heb “their portion, in life.”
[17:14] 22 tn Heb “and [with] your treasures you fill their belly.”
[17:14] 23 tn Heb “they are satisfied [with] sons and leave their abundance to their children.”