78:46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,
the fruit of their labor to the locust.
80:12 Why did you break down its walls, 1
so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? 2
107:37 They cultivated 3 fields,
and planted vineyards,
which yielded a harvest of fruit. 4
127:3 Yes, 5 sons 6 are a gift from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb is a reward.
148:9 you mountains and all you hills,
you fruit trees and all you cedars,
1 sn The protective walls of the metaphorical vineyard are in view here (see Isa 5:5).
2 tn Heb “pluck it.”
3 tn Heb “sowed seed in.”
4 tn Heb “fruit [as] produce.”
5 tn or “look.”
6 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.