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Psalms 127
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1A Song of Degrees. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; who walk in his ways.
1Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2Thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
2It 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.
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of thy house: thy children as young olive-plants round about thy table.
3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord.
4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5May the Lord bless thee out of Sion; and mayest thou see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
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.