Mazmur 107:41

107:41 Yet he protected ¹  the needy from oppression,

and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

Mazmur 127:3

127:3 Yes, ²  sons ³  are a gift from the Lord,

the fruit of the womb is a reward.

[107:41]  ¹ tn Heb “set on high.”

[127:3]  ² tn or “look.”

[127:3]  ³ 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.