Psalm 127
Verse 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.
(Title
&) A Song.
120.1 121.1 122.1 123.1 124.1 125.1 126.1 *titles
for Solomon
or, of Solomon.
72.1 *title
The Lord
33.16-18 Proverbs 16.9 21.30,31 Ecclesiastes 9.11 1 Corinthians 3.7
build
1 Chronicles 22.10,11 28.10,20 29.19 1 Corinthians 3.9-15
they labour
1 Corinthians 15.14 Galatians 4.11
that build it
Heb. that are builders of it in it. except.
121.3-5 Isaiah 27.3 Zechariah 2.4,5
the watchman
Song of Solomon 3.3 5.7 Isaiah 21.5-12 56.10 62.6 Jeremiah 51.12,31 Ezekiel 33.2-9
Verse 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.
vain
39.5,6 Ecclesiastes 1.14 2.1-11,20-23 4.8
rise up
the bread
Genesis 3.17-19 Ecclesiastes 6.7
for so he
3.5 4.8 Ecclesiastes 5.12 Jeremiah 31.26 Ezekiel 34.25 Acts 12.5,6
Verse 3
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
children
128.3,4 Genesis 1.28 15.4,5 24.60 30.1,2 33.5 41.51,52 48.4 Deuteronomy 28.4 Joshua 24.3,4 1 Samuel 1.19,20,27 2.20,21 1 Chronicles 28.5 Isaiah 8.18
Verse 4
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
arrows
so are children
Verse 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.
Happy
Genesis 50.23 Job 1.2 42.12-16
his quiver full of them
Heb. filled his quiver with them. they shall.
speak
or, subdue.