Adam Clarke on Psalms 144:12

That our sons may be as plants - God had promised to his people, being faithful, Three descriptions of Blessings, Deu 28:4.

1. The fruit of the body - sons and daughters.

2. The fruits of the ground - grass and corn in sufficient plenty.

3. Fruit of the cattle-"the increase of kine, and flocks of sheep."

These are the blessings to wnich the psalmist refers here, as those in which he might at present exult and triumph: blessings actually enjoyed by his people at large; proofs of his mild and paternal government, and of the especial blessing of the Almighty. The people who there in such a state, and revolted, had no excuse: they were doubly guilty, as ungrateful both to God and man.