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Of Solomon.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/127-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Unless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> builds the house,</span><br /><span class="indent">those who build it labor in vain.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Unless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> watches over the city,</span><br /><span class="indent">the watchman stays awake in vain.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/127-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">It is in vain that you rise up early</span><br /><span class="indent">and go late to rest,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">eating the bread of anxious toil;</span><br /><span class="indent">for he gives to his beloved sleep.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/127-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Behold, children are a heritage from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">the fruit of the womb a reward.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/127-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Like arrows in the hand of a warrior</span><br /><span class="indent">are the children<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or sons">a</a></sup></span> of one’s youth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/127-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Blessed is the man</span><br /><span class="indent">who fills his quiver with them!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">He shall not be put to shame</span><br /><span class="indent">when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate">b</a></sup></span></span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>sons</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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