Opening the chapter…
Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Source
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain. Source: eBible.org (eng-asv). Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.
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