Prosperity Comes from the Lord.
A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.
127 Unless the Lord (A)builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord (B)guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
To [a]retire late,
To (C)eat the bread of [b]painful labors;
For He gives to His (D)beloved (E)even in his sleep.
3 Behold, (F)children are a [c]gift of the Lord,
The (G)fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a (H)warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
5 How (I)blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
(J)They will not be ashamed
When they (K)speak with their enemies (L)in the gate.
Footnotes
- Psalm 127:2 Lit delay sitting
- Psalm 127:2 Lit toils
- Psalm 127:3 Or heritage
Cross references
- Psalm 127:1 : Ps 78:69
- Psalm 127:1 : Ps 121:4
- Psalm 127:2 : Gen 3:17, 19
- Psalm 127:2 : Ps 60:5
- Psalm 127:2 : Job 11:18, 19; Prov 3:24; Eccl 5:12
- Psalm 127:3 : Gen 33:5; 48:4; Josh 24:3, 4; Ps 113:9
- Psalm 127:3 : Deut 7:13; 28:4; Is 13:18
- Psalm 127:4 : Ps 112:2; 120:4
- Psalm 127:5 : Ps 128:2, 3
- Psalm 127:5 : Prov 27:11
- Psalm 127:5 : Is 29:21; Amos 5:12
- Psalm 127:5 : Gen 34:20