Psalm 127 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

A Song of Ascents; of Solomon.

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.

² It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, And eat the bread of toil: For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

³ Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: And the fruit of the womb is his reward.

⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be ashamed, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.