<< Psalm 127 >>
New American Standard ©


Prosperity Comes from the LORD.

A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.

1 Unless the LORD builds the house,
         They labor in vain who build it;
         Unless the LORD guards the city,
         The watchman keeps awake in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
         To retire late,
         To eat the bread of painful labors;
         For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.
3 Behold, children are a gift of the LORD,
         The fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
         So are the children of one’s youth.
5 How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
         They will not be ashamed
         When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

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