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Authorized King James Version

Psalms 127

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¹A 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.

²[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.

³Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.

⁴As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.

⁵Happy [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.

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