Psalm 127 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.

Unless^H518^H3808 Yahweh^H3068 builds^H1129 the house^H1004,

They labor^H5998 in^H7723 vain^H7723 who build^H1129 it;

Unless^H518^H3808 Yahweh^H3068 watches^H8104 the city^H5892,

The watchman^H8104 keeps^H8245 awake^H8245 in^H7723 vain^H7723.

It is in vain^H7723 that you rise^H6965 up^H309 early^H7925,

That you sit^H3427 out late^H309,

O you who eat^H398 the bread^H3899 of [fn]painful^H6089 labors^H6089;

For in this manner, He gives^H5414 sleep^H8142 to His beloved^H3039.

Behold^H2009, children^H1121 are [fn]an inheritance^H5159 of Yahweh^H3068,

The fruit^H6529 of the womb^H990 is a reward^H7939.

Like arrows^H2671 in the hand^H3027 of a warrior^H1368,

So^H3651 are the children^H1121 of one’s youth^H5271.

How blessed^H835 is the man^H1397 who^H834 fills^H4390 his quiver^H827 with them;

They will not be^H954 ashamed^H954

When^H3588 they speak^H1696 with enemies^H340 in the gate^H8179.

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