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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	A songe of Salomon of the stayres. Except the Lorde buylde the house, their laboure is but lost that buylde it.
127:2	Except the Lorde kepe the cytie the watchman waketh but in vayne.
127:3	It is but lost laboure that ye haste to ryse vp early, and so late take rest, and eate the breade of carefulnesse: for so he gyueth hys beloued sleape.
127:4	Lo, chyldren and the frute of the wombe are an herytage and gyfte, that commeth of the Lorde.
127:5	Lyke as the arowes in the hande of the gyaunt, euen so are the yonge chyldren. Happy is the man, that hath hys quyuer full of them, they shall not be ashamed, when they speake wyth theyr enemyes in the gate.


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