Psalms 127
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Psalm 127
God’s Blessings in the Home
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
1 #
Ps 78.69; 121.4 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the guard keeps watch in vain.
2 #
Gen 3.17; Job 11.18, 19 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil,
for he gives sleep to his beloved.#127.2 Or for he provides for his beloved during sleep
3 #
Gen 33.5; Deut 28.4; Josh 24.3, 4 Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons of one’s youth.
5 #
Job 5.4; Prov 27.11 Happy is the man who has
his quiver full of them.
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
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