Psalms 127
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Psalms 127:1-2

11Except YhwhH3068 buildH1129 the houseH1004, they labourH5998 in vainH7723 that buildH1129 it: except YhwhH3068 keepH8104 the cityH5892, the watchmanH8104 wakethH8245 but in vainH7723.2

2It is vainH7723 for you to rise upH6965 earlyH7925, to sit upH3427 lateH309, to eatH398 the breadH3899 of sorrowsH6089: for so he givethH5414 his belovedH3039 sleepH8142.

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 127:1 for…: or, of Solomon. ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 127:1 that…: Heb. that are builders of it in it. ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 127

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