--- title: "Psalms 127 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Psalms 127 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 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" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/127" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/127)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/127)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/127) Audio 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. 5 Happy *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.** [Psalms 126](/study/psalms/126) [Psalms 128](/study/psalms/128) ## Commentary To verse 1 **for Solomon:** or, of Solomon, [Psalms 72:1](/kjv/psalms/72/1), *title **The Lord:** [Psalms 33:16-18](/kjv/psalms/33/16-18), [Proverbs 16:9](/kjv/proverbs/16/9), [Proverbs 21:30](/kjv/proverbs/21/30), [Proverbs 21:31](/kjv/proverbs/21/31), [Ecclesiastes 9:11](/kjv/ecclesiastes/9/11), [1 Corinthians 3:7](/kjv/1-corinthians/3/7) **build:** [1 Chronicles 22:10](/kjv/1-chronicles/22/10), [1 Chronicles 22:11](/kjv/1-chronicles/22/11), [1 Chronicles 28:10](/kjv/1-chronicles/28/10), [1 Chronicles 28:20](/kjv/1-chronicles/28/20), [1 Chronicles 29:19](/kjv/1-chronicles/29/19), [1 Corinthians 3:9-15](/kjv/1-corinthians/3/9-15) **they labour:** [1 Corinthians 15:14](/kjv/1-corinthians/15/14), [Galatians 4:11](/kjv/galatians/4/11) **that build it:** Heb. that are builders of it in it **except:** [Psalms 121:3-5](/kjv/psalms/121/3-5), [Isaiah 27:3](/kjv/isaiah/27/3), [Zechariah 2:4](/kjv/zechariah/2/4), [Zechariah 2:5](/kjv/zechariah/2/5) **the watchman:** [Song of Solomon 3:3](/kjv/song-of-solomon/3/3), [Song of Solomon 5:7](/kjv/song-of-solomon/5/7), [Isaiah 21:5-12](/kjv/isaiah/21/5-12), [Isaiah 56:10](/kjv/isaiah/56/10), [Isaiah 62:6](/kjv/isaiah/62/6), [Jeremiah 51:12](/kjv/jeremiah/51/12), [Jeremiah 51:31](/kjv/jeremiah/51/31), [Ezekiel 33:2-9](/kjv/ezekiel/33/2-9) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:28](/kjv/genesis/1/28) - *General* [Genesis 2:22](/kjv/genesis/2/22) - made [Genesis 24:12](/kjv/genesis/24/12) - I pray [Genesis 28:3](/kjv/genesis/28/3) - God [Exodus 1:21](/kjv/exodus/1/21) - made them [Leviticus 26:6](/kjv/leviticus/26/6) - ye shall [Leviticus 26:20](/kjv/leviticus/26/20) - your strength [Deuteronomy 8:18](/kjv/deuteronomy/8/18) - he that [Joshua 2:2](/kjv/joshua/2/2) - told the king [Joshua 6:1](/kjv/joshua/6/1) - because [2 Samuel 7:11](/kjv/2-samuel/7/11) - he will make [1 Kings 2:24](/kjv/1-kings/2/24) - made me [2 Kings 6:27](/kjv/2-kings/6/27) - whence [2 Kings 7:10](/kjv/2-kings/7/10) - the porter [2 Kings 19:26](/kjv/2-kings/19/26) - of small power [1 Chronicles 17:10](/kjv/1-chronicles/17/10) - the Lord [2 Chronicles 17:5](/kjv/2-chronicles/17/5) - the Lord [Nehemiah 7:3](/kjv/nehemiah/7/3) - Let not the gates [Psalms 121:4](/kjv/psalms/121/4) - he that [Isaiah 21:8](/kjv/isaiah/21/8) - I stand [Isaiah 37:27](/kjv/isaiah/37/27) - their inhabitants [Jeremiah 51:58](/kjv/jeremiah/51/58) - the people [Habakkuk 2:13](/kjv/habakkuk/2/13) - is it [Malachi 1:4](/kjv/malachi/1/4) - They shall build [Luke 5:5](/kjv/luke/5/5) - we [Romans 11:25](/kjv/romans/11/25) - until [1 Corinthians 3:6](/kjv/1-corinthians/3/6) - God [1 Thessalonians 2:1](/kjv/1-thessalonians/2/1) - in vain ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/127#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/127#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/127","name":"Psalms 127 - 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