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A Song of the Ascents. Of Solomon. If YHWH does not build the house, in vain do its builders labor on it; if YHWH does not guard the city, in vain the one guarding keeps watch.
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2
[It is] vain for you⁺, being early [in] rising, [and] delaying to sit, eating the bread of sorrows; for so He gives sleep to His beloved.
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3
Behold, an inheritance of YHWH [are] sons, a reward [is] the fruit of the womb.
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Like arrows in the hand of a mighty one, so [are] the sons of one’s youth.
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Blessed [is] the man who has filled his quiver with them! He will not be put to shame, but he shall speak with the enemies at the gate.
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