Psalms 127
127
PSALM 127
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1Except the Lord do build the house,
the builders lose their pain:
Except the Lord the city keep,
the watchmen watch in vain.
2'Tis vain for you to rise betimes,
or late from rest to keep,
To feed on sorrows' bread;
so gives he his beloved sleep.
3Lo, children are God's heritage,
the womb's fruit his reward.
4The sons of youth as arrows are,
for strong men's hands prepar'd.
5O happy is the man that hath
his quiver fill'd with those;
They unashamed in the gate
shall speak unto their foes.
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Tehillim (Psalms) 127
127
1If יהוה does not build the house, Its builders have laboured in vain. If יהוה does not guard the city, The watchman has stayed awake in vain.
2In vain do you rise up early, To sit up late, to eat the bread of toil; So He gives His beloved sleep.
3Look, children are an inheritance from יהוה, The fruit of the womb is the reward.
4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of one’s youth.
5Blessed is the man Who has filled his quiver with them. They are not ashamed, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
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