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127:1	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.
127:2	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.
127:3	Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
127:4	As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
127:5	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.


127:1	שׁיר המעלות לשׁלמה אם יהוה לא יבנה בית שׁוא עמלו בוניו בו אם יהוה לא ישׁמר עיר שׁוא שׁקד שׁומר׃
127:2	שׁוא לכם משׁכימי קום מאחרי שׁבת אכלי לחם העצבים כן יתן לידידו שׁנא׃
127:3	הנה נחלת יהוה בנים שׂכר פרי הבטן׃
127:4	כחצים ביד גבור כן בני הנעורים׃
127:5	אשׁרי הגבר אשׁר מלא את אשׁפתו מהם לא יבשׁו כי ידברו את אויבים בשׁער׃


127:1	A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.
127:2	Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.
127:3	Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah `are' sons, A reward `is' the fruit of the womb.
127:4	As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So `are' the sons of the young men.
127:5	O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!