Psalms 127
1 A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. If the LORD does not build the house, its builders labor in vain; if the LORD does not watch over the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of hardship; for he gives sleep to his beloved.
3 Look: children are an inheritance from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth.
5 Happy is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies at the gate.
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