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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Psalms 127
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PSALM 127
1 The song of degrees of Solomon. No but or But if the Lord build the house; they that built it have travailed in vain. No but or But if the Lord keepeth the city; he waketh in vain that keepeth it.
2It is vain to you to rise before the light; rise ye after ye have set, that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his loved;
3lo! the heritage of the Lord is sons, the meed is the fruit of [the] womb.
4As arrows be in the hand of the mighty; so the sons of them that be shaken out.
5Blessed is the man, that hath [full-]filled his desire of those [or them]; he shall not be shamed, when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.
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