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"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."
Psalms Chapter 127, Verse 1
Psalms 127:1 in Context (Verses 1–4 KJV)
1
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.
3
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.