Chapter 127
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.
(Title
&) A Song.
120:1 121:1 122:1 123:1 124:1 125:1 126:1 *titles
for Solomon
or, of Solomon.
72:1 *title
The Lord
33:16-18 Proverbs 16:9 21:30,31 Ecclesiastes 9:11 1 Corinthians 3:7
build
1 Chronicles 22:10,11 28:10,20 29:19 1 Corinthians 3:9-15
they labour
1 Corinthians 15:14 Galatians 4:11
that build it
Heb. that are builders of it in it. except.
121:3-5 Isaiah 27:3 Zechariah 2:4,5
the watchman
Song of Solomon 3:3 5:7 Isaiah 21:5-12 56:10 62:6 Jeremiah 51:12,31 Ezekiel 33:2-9
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.
vain
39:5,6 Ecclesiastes 1:14 2:1-11,20-23 4:8
rise up
the bread
Genesis 3:17-19 Ecclesiastes 6:7
for so he
3:5 4:8 Ecclesiastes 5:12 Jeremiah 31:26 Ezekiel 34:25 Acts 12:5,6
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
children
128:3,4 Genesis 1:28 15:4,5 24:60 30:1,2 33:5 41:51,52 48:4 Deuteronomy 28:4 Joshua 24:3,4 1 Samuel 1:19,20,27 2:20,21 1 Chronicles 28:5 Isaiah 8:18
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
arrows
so are children
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 gate.
Happy
Genesis 50:23 Job 1:2 42:12-16
his quiver full of them
Heb. filled his quiver with them. they shall.
speak
or, subdue.
or, destroy