Psalm 127 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021
Psalm 127

¹ Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.

² It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil, for he gives sleep to his beloved.

³ Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one’s youth.

⁵ Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.