1 Unless Jehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Jehovah guards the city, the watchman wake but in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of toil, for so he gives sleep to his beloved.
3 Lo, sons are a heritage of Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of youth.
5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
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Today's Verse
if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
Verse Of The DayThe second half turns to family, calling children "an heritage of the LORD" and comparing them to arrows filling a warrior's quiver, echoing the trust in God's plans found in Proverbs 16:9. Continue this domestic theme in Psalms 128, which blesses the household of the one who fears the Lord.
