Psalm 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.

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.

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.