Psalm 127:1

The Passion Translation

If God’s grace doesn’t help the builders, they will labor in vain to build a house. If God’s mercy doesn’t protect the city, all the sentries will circle it in vain.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:9

Within your heart you can make plans for your future, but the Lord chooses the steps you take to get there.

1 Corinthians 3:7

This means the one who plants is not anybody special, nor the one who waters, for God is the one who brings the supernatural growth.

Psalm 124:1

What if God had not been on our side? Let all Israel admit this!

Isaiah 62:6

Jerusalem, I have stationed intercessors on your walls who will never be silent, day or night. You “reminders” of Yahweh, take no rest,

Jeremiah 51:12

Give the signal to attack Babylon’s walls! Post sentries and reinforce the guards! Prepare a surprise attack! Yahweh has done what he said he would do to the people of Babylon.

1 Corinthians 15:14

And if Christ has not been raised, all of our preaching has been for nothing and your faith is useless.

Psalm 121:1

I look up to the mountains and hills, longing for God’s help. But then I realize that our true help and protection is only from the Lord, our Creator who made the heavens and the earth.

Psalm 123:1

O God-Enthroned in heaven, I lift my eyes toward you in worship.

Psalm 120:1

I was desperate for you to help me in my struggles, and you did!

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in the Lord are as unshakable, as unmovable as mighty Mount Zion!

Psalm 78:69

There he built his towering temple, strong and enduring as the earth itself.

Isaiah 56:10

Blind watchmen, all of them! They have no revelation-knowledge; they’re like dumb dogs that don’t even bark— dreaming, sleeping, devoted to slumber.

Psalm 126:1

It was like a dream come true when you freed us from our bondage and brought us back to Zion!

Psalm 122:1

I was overjoyed when they said, “Let’s go up to the house of the Lord.”

Isaiah 27:3

“I, the Lord, watch over my vineyard of delight. Moment by moment, I water it in love and protect it day and night.

Galatians 4:11

I’m so alarmed about you that I’m beginning to wonder if my labor in ministry among you was a waste of time!

Song of Solomon 5:7

As I walked throughout the city in search of him, the overseers stopped me as they made their rounds. They beat me and bruised me until I could take no more. They wounded me deeply and removed my covering from me.

Song of Solomon 3:3

Then I encountered the overseers as they encircled the city. So I asked them, “Have you found him— my heart’s true love?”

Jeremiah 51:31

Courier after courier, messenger after messenger, runs to inform the king of Babylon: One says, “Your city has been taken from every side.”

Psalm 72:1

O God, make the king a godly judge like you and give the king’s son the gift of justice too.

Joshua 2:2

The king of Jericho was told: “Some Israelites have come into the city tonight to spy out the entire land. They’re in Rahab’s house.”