(DB)
Psalms
127
:
1
{A Song of degrees. Of Solomon.} Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain:
(DB)
Psalms
127
:
2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep.
(DB)
Psalms
127
:
3
Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward.
(DB)
Psalms
127
:
4
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
(DB)
Psalms
127
:
5
Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate.