John Trapp on Psalms 144:12

Verſ. 12 That our ſons may bee as plants, &c.] As young plants, fair and flouriſhing.

That our Daughters may bee as corner ſtones, &c.] Tall and trim comely of perſon, and coſtly-arrayed; reſembling the poliſhed-pillars at Palace-gates. Tremellius rendreth the laſt words of this verſe, [illegible: 1 word] ſtructura Templi, may bee the building of the Temple, that is, may bee ſuch living ſtones as may bee uſed to the building and poliſhing of Gods Church, that wee may altogether grow up to an holy Temple in the Lord, Epheſ. 2.21. & 4, 12, 13. For indeed what can better preſerve Jacob from confuſion, or his face from waxing pale, than to ſee his Children, the work of Gods hands, framed and fitted for Gods building. This maketh religious parents to [illegible: 1 letter]anctifie Gods name (as here) even to ſanctifie the holy one, and with ſingular incouragement, from the God of Iſrael, Iſa. 29.22, 23.