Psalms 127
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Psalms 127:1-2

1Unless the Lord 1builds a house, They who build it labor in vain; Unless the Lord 2guards a city, The watchman stays awake in vain.2It is futile for you to rise up early, To 3stay up late, To 4eat the bread of painful labor; This is how He gives to His 5beloved 6sleep.

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 127:1 Ps 78:69 ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 127:1 Ps 121:4 ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 127:2 Lit sit late ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 127:2 Gen 3:17, 19 ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 127:2 Ps 60:5 ↩
  6. 6. Psalms 127:2 Job 11:18, 19; Prov 3:24; Eccl 5:12 ↩

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