Restore our fortunes again, LORD, like the streams in the Negev.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 4. As arrows, and so forth The offspring which God shall give his servants, that have been shaken and tossed about, (as the children of Israel were in their captivity) shall be like arrows in the hand of the mighty, which shall prosper and do great execution. Challoner.—The patient sufferer will obtain a glorious recompense. Worthington.—Children defend their parents.—Of them, and so forth Hebrew “of youth.” Saint Jerome—Such may be able to assist their aged parents, whereas those who are born in their old age must frequently be left orphans, ( Bible.) and distressed. Calmet.—Yet the Hebrew may well admit the sense of the Vulg. as children will be more animated to revenge the wrongs of those, from whom they have received their life. The Jews are here represented in the state of persecution. Bert.