Psalm 127:3-5 See, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. There is a pathetic passage in the autobiography of Herbert Spencer, which was published some time ago. At the age of seventy-three he wrote, "When at Brighton in 1887, suffering the ennui of an invalid life, passed chiefly in bed and on the sofa, I one day, while thinking over modes of killing time, bethought me that the society of children might be a desirable distraction." And so he wrote to a friend, "Will you lend me some children?" The children were sent to him, and of them he wrote, "instead of simply affording me a little distraction... afforded me a great deal of positive gratification." And the great scientist who had no children to love longed for the gifts that had not been bestowed upon him. Parallel Verses KJV: Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.WEB: Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. |
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