My LORD’s BiblePsalms 127
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.
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלֹות לִשְׁלֹמֹה אִם־יְהוָה ׀ לֹא־יִבְנֶה בַיִת שָׁוְא ׀ עָמְלוּ בֹונָיו בֹּו אִם־יְהוָה לֹא־יִשְׁמָר־עִיר שָׁוְא ׀ שָׁקַד שֹׁומֵר׃ (4763)
See also: Proverbs 16:9, 1 Corinthians 3:7, Proverbs 21:30-31, 1 Corinthians 3:9-15, Psalms 33:16-18, Deuteronomy 8:18, Psalms 121:3-5, Psalms 124:1, 1 Chronicles 28:10, Isaiah 62:6, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Jeremiah 51:12, 1 Corinthians 15:14, Psalms 121:1, Psalms 123:1, Psalms 120:1, Psalms 128:1, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Luke 5:5, Genesis 1:28
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.
שָׁוְא לָכֶם ׀ מַשְׁכִּימֵי קוּם מְאַחֲרֵי־שֶׁבֶת אֹכְלֵי לֶחֶם הָעֲצָבִים כֵּן יִתֵּן לִידִידֹו שֵׁנָא׃ (3225)
See also: Ecclesiastes 5:12, Psalms 4:8, Job 11:18, Psalms 3:5, Ecclesiastes 2:20-23, Jeremiah 31:26, Proverbs 3:24, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ezekiel 34:25, Proverbs 31:15-18, Isaiah 30:20, Psalms 39:6, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 5:17, Psalms 39:5-6, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 6:7, Genesis 3:17, Psalms 60:5, Proverbs 31:18
3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
הִנֵּה נַחֲלַת יְהוָה בָּנִים כָר פְּרִי הַבָּטֶן׃ (1252)
See also: Psalms 128:3-4, Deuteronomy 28:4, 1 Samuel 1:27, Genesis 48:4, Genesis 33:5, Isaiah 8:18, Genesis 1:28, 1 Samuel 1:19-20, Joshua 24:3-4, Genesis 24:60, Luke 1:13, Genesis 15:4-5, Genesis 30:1-2, Genesis 41:51-52, 1 Samuel 2:20-21, 1 Chronicles 28:5, Genesis 30:22, Deuteronomy 7:14, Proverbs 17:6, Genesis 25:21
4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
כְּחִצִּים בְּיַד־גִּבֹּור כֵּן בְּנֵי הַנְּעוּרִים׃ (908)
See also: Proverbs 17:6, Proverbs 31:28, Jeremiah 50:9, Psalms 120:4, Psalms 144:12, Proverbs 27:11, Ecclesiastes 6:3
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.
אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּא אֶת־אַשְׁפָּתֹו מֵהֶם לֹא־יֵבֹשׁוּ כִּי־יְדַבְּרוּ אֶת־אֹויְבִים בַּשָּׁעַר׃ (4209)