Children Are a Heritage from the LORD
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
Unless the LORD builds the house, Pro 16:91Co 3:7Pro 21:30-311Co 3:9-15Psa 33:16-18Psa 121:3-5Psa 124:11Ch 28:10
its builders labor in vain;
unless the LORD protects the city,
its watchmen stand guard in vain.
In vain you rise early Ecc 5:12Psa 4:8Job 11:18Psa 3:5Ecc 2:20-23Jer 31:26Ecc 1:14Ezk 34:25
and stay up late,
toiling for bread to eat—
for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, Psa 128:3-4Deu 28:41Sa 1:27Gen 48:4Gen 33:5Isa 8:18Gen 1:281Sa 1:19-20
and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, Pro 17:6Pro 31:28Jer 50:9Psa 120:4
so are children born in one’s youth.
Blessed is the man Pro 27:11Job 42:12-16Gen 50:23Job 5:4Psa 18:47Job 1:2
whose quiver is full of them.
He will not be put to shame
when he confronts the enemies at the gate.