A Song of Ascents. By 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
they who build it labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchman guards it in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, Ecc 5:12Psa 4:8Job 11:18Psa 3:5Ecc 2:20-23Jer 31:26Ecc 1:14Ezk 34:25
to stay up late,
eating the bread of toil,
for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. Psa 128:3-4Deu 28:41Sa 1:27Gen 48:4Gen 33:5Isa 8:18Gen 1:281Sa 1:19-20
The fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, Pro 17:6Pro 31:28Jer 50:9Psa 120:4
so are the children of youth.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. Pro 27:11Job 42:12-16Gen 50:23Job 5:4Psa 18:47Job 1:2
They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.