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. 1 2 Pro 16:91Co 3:7Pro 21:30-311Co 3:9-15Psa 33:16-18Psa 121:3-5Psa 124:11Ch 28:10
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. Ecc 5:12Psa 4:8Job 11:18Psa 3:5Ecc 2:20-23Jer 31:26Ecc 1:14Ezk 34:25
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Psa 128:3-4Deu 28:41Sa 1:27Gen 48:4Gen 33:5Isa 8:18Gen 1:281Sa 1:19-20
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Pro 17:6Pro 31:28Jer 50:9Psa 120:4
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. 3 4 Pro 27:11Job 42:12-16Gen 50:23Job 5:4Psa 18:47Job 1:2