EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD - PSALM 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.

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.

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty
man; so are children of the youth.

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.
They shall not be ashamed.