Psalm 144:12 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

¹² That, as the plants, our sons may be in youth grown up that are; Our daughters like to corner-stones, carv'd like a palace fair.

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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:

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¹² When our sons shall be as plants grown large in their youth and our daughters as sculptured corner pillars hewn like those of a palace;

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¹² When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

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¹² so that our sons can grow up fully, in their youth, like plants; so that our daughters can be like pillars carved to decorate a palace;

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¹² so as to make known to the sons of men your power and the glory of your magnificent kingdom.

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Thy wife shall as a fruitful vine by thy house' sides be found: Thy children like to olive-plants about thy table round.