Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 144:12

12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth ; that our daughters may be as corner-stones polished after the similitude of a palace .

This mercy I beg not onely for my own sake, but for the sake of thy people, that thine and our enemies being subdued, and peace established in the land, thy people may enjoy those blessings which thou hast promised to them; and particularly, that our sons, which are the strength and safety and hopes of a nation, may be like plants, flourishing and thriving and growing in height and strength, as plants do in their youth, and then onely; for when they grow old, they wither and decay.

Upon whom the hope of posterity depends.

Strong and beautiful, and adorned with all the ornaments belonging to their sex.

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