“Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.”
May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children. God's blessing is petitioned for the present generation and their descendants, suggesting progeny and multiplication. This verse requests generational blessing.
Church Fathers on Psalms 115:11
1. “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Your Name give the praise” Psalm 113:1. For that grace of the water that gushed from the rock (“now that rock was Christ” 1 Corinthians 10:4), was not given on the score of works that had gone before, but of His mercy “that justifies the ungodly.” Romans 4:5 For “Christ died for sinners,” that men might not seek any glory of their own, but in the Lord's Name. 2. “For Your loving mercy, and for Your truth's sake” Psalm 113:2.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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