< Psalms 127 >

1 A Song of Ascents. Solomon’s. If, Yahweh, build not the house, in vain, have the builders of it toiled thereon, If, Yahweh, watch not the city, in vain, hath the watchman kept awake:
A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2 Vain for you, —to be early in rising, to be late in lying down, to be eating the bread of wearisome toil, So, would he give his beloved one sleep.
It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of toil: [for] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
3 Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb:
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
4 As arrows in the hand of a warrior, so, are the children of young men.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
5 How happy the man who hath filled his quiver with them! They will not be ashamed, but will speak with enemies in the gate.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

< Psalms 127 >