17 lines
656 B
Markdown
17 lines
656 B
Markdown
## Unless Yahweh Builds the House
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Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless Yahweh watches the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.
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It is in vain that you rise up early, That you sit out late, O you who eat the bread of painful labors; _For_ in this manner, He gives sleep to His beloved.
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Behold, children are an inheritance of Yahweh, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
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Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth.
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How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with enemies in the gate.
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