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Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.

Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

He makes the barren woman abide in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord !

May the Lord give you increase, You and your children.

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord , The fruit of the womb is a reward.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine Within your house, Your children like olive plants Around your table.

Indeed, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel!

Both young men and virgins; Old men and children.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And his children will have refuge.

Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:

If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,

For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with influences from the east, And they are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners.

And I will make mere lads their princes, And capricious children will rule over them,

O My people! Their oppressors are children, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths.

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children.

But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.