So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
Psalm 127:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 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. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition EXCEPT THE Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; except the Lord keeps the city, the watchman wakes but in vain. [Ps. 121:1, 3, 5.] American Standard Version (1901) Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. Common English Bible Unless it is the LORD who builds the house, the builders’ work is pointless. Unless it is the LORD who protects the city, the guard on duty is pointless. Catholic Public Domain Version A Canticle in steps. Blessed are all those who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways. |
So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
Take heed, now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary; be strong, and act.”
David said further to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage, and act. Do not be afraid or dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.
Grant to my son Solomon that with single mind he may keep your commandments, your decrees, and your statutes, performing all of them, and that he may build the temple for which I have made provision.”
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son.
He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.
The sentinels found me, as they went about in the city. “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
Making their rounds in the city the sentinels found me; they beat me; they wounded me; they took away my mantle, those sentinels of the walls.
I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. I guard it night and day so that no one can harm it;
Israel’s sentinels are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who remind the Lord, take no rest,
Raise a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; post sentinels; prepare the ambushes, for the Lord has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
One runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end:
and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is in vain and your faith is in vain.
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today.
The king of Jericho was told, “Some Israelites have come here tonight to search out the land.”