Psalms
(Song of the goings up; of Solomon’s.)
127 If Jehovah is not building a house
its builders have taken useless trouble on it;
If Jehovah is not guarding a city
a guardsman has been uselessly vigilant.
2 It is useless for you when you get up early,
do not sit down till late,
Keep busy while you eat;
he gives his loved ones the same in sleep.
3 Sons, now, are Jehovah’s allotting;
the fruit of a wife’s body is a reward.
4 Like arrows in a champion’s hand,
such are the sons of youthful years;
5 Happy the man who has filled his quiver with them.
They will not come to grief when they speak with enemies in the gate.