Psalm 127:1-2

Unless the Lord Builds the House

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.

1
Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord x watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
 2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious y toil;
for he gives to his z beloved a sleep.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 120:1
    In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 121:4
    Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 3:17
    And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.
    Genesis 3:19
    By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 60:5
    That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
  5. Cross References
    Mark 4:26 - 27
    And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.
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