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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.
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the LORD guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
Unless the Lord Builds
{A Song of degrees for 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.
{A Song of degrees for 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.
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.
To retire late,
To eat the bread of painful labors;
For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Behold, children are a gift of the LORD,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.
The fruit of the womb is a reward.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
So are the children of one’s youth.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.