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1. A song from Solomon for going up to the Temple. If it is not the Lord who builds a house, the builders are wasting their time. If it is not the Lord who watches over the city, the guards are wasting their time.
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1. A Song H7892 of degrees H4609 for Solomon H8010 . Except H518 H3808 the LORD H3068 build H1129 the house H1004 , they labor H5998 in vain H7723 that build H1129 it: except H518 H3808 the LORD H3068 keep H8104 the city H5892 , the watchman H8104 waketh H8245 but in vain H7723 .
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2. It is a waste of time to get up early and stay up late, trying to make a living. The Lord provides for those he loves, even while they are sleeping.
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2. It is vain H7723 for you to rise up H6965 early H7925 , to sit up H3427 late H309 , to eat H398 the bread H3899 of sorrows H6089 : for so H3651 he giveth H5414 his beloved H3039 sleep H8142 .
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3. Children are a gift from the Lord, a reward from a mother's womb.
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3. Lo H2009 , children H1121 are a heritage H5159 of the LORD H3068 : and the fruit H6529 of the womb H990 is his reward H7939 .
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4. A young man's sons are like the arrows in a soldier's hand.
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4. As arrows H2671 are in the hand H3027 of a mighty H1368 man; so H3651 are children H1121 of the youth H5271 .
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5. The man who fills his quiver with sons will be very blessed. He will never be defeated when he opposes his enemy at the city gates.
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5. Happy H835 is the man H1397 that H834 hath H853 his quiver H827 full H4390 of H4480 them : they shall not H3808 be ashamed H954 , but H3588 they shall speak H1696 with H854 the enemies H341 in the gate H8179 .
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