New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, 1993

Psalms Chapter 127 (NRSVCE)

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¹ Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.

² It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved. [1]

³ Sons are indeed a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.

⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one’s youth.

⁵ Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

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1	Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.
2	It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved. [1]
3	Sons are indeed a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
4	Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one’s youth.
5	Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

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