Psalms 127:5

How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame ¹  when they confront ²  enemies at the city gate.

Ge 50:23; Job 1:2; Job 5:4; Job 42:12-16; Ps 18:47; Pr 27:11

¹ tn Being “put to shame” is here metonymic for being defeated, probably in a legal context, as the reference to the city gate suggests. One could be humiliated (Ps 69:12) or deprived of justice (Amos 5:12) at the gate, but with strong sons to defend the family interests this was less likely to happen.

² tn Heb “speak with.”