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Psalms 127

1 Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain.

1 Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

2 [It is] in vain for you who rise early [and] sit late, eating the bread of anxious toil, [when] thus he provides for his beloved in [his] sleep.

2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves.

3 Look, children [are] the heritage of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb [is] a reward.

3 Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.

4 Like arrows in [the] hand of a warrior, so [are] the children of [one's] youth.

4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.

5 Blessed [is] the man who fills his quiver with them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with enemies at the gate.

5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.