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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.

Blessed is the man
    whose quiver is full of them.(A)
They will not be put to shame
    when they contend with their opponents(B) in court.(C)

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