Psalms 127:1-4

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<A Song <07892>

of degrees
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for Solomon
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Except the LORD
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build
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the house
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they labour
<05998> (8804)

in vain
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that build
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it: except the LORD
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keep
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the city
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the watchman
<08104> (8802)

waketh
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[but] in vain
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{for...: or, of Solomon} {that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it}

[It is] vain
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for you to rise up
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early
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to sit up
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late
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to eat
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the bread
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of sorrows
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[for] so he giveth
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his beloved
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sleep
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Lo, children
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[are] an heritage
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of the LORD
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[and] the fruit
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of the womb
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[is his] reward
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As arrows
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[are] in the hand
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of a mighty man
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so [are] children
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of the youth
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