Psalms 127

1 Unless Yahweh builds the house,  They labor in vain who build it.  Unless Yahweh watches over the city,  The watchman guards it in vain.

2 It is vain for you to rise up early,  To stay up late,  Eating the bread of toil;  For he gives sleep to his loved ones.

3 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh.  The fruit of the womb is his reward.

4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man,  So are the children of youth.

5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.  They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.  A Song of Ascents. 

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