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 to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat
the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of
the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children
of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall
not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the
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