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Psalm 127:4-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
    are the sons born in one’s youth.
5 Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them.
He will never be shamed
    for he will destroy his foes at the gate.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 127:5 At the gate: the reference is not to enemies besieging the walls of a city but to adversaries in litigation. Law courts functioned in the open area near the main city gate. The more adult sons a man had, the more forceful he would appear in disputes, cf. Prv 31:23.
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