Opening the chapter…
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman wakes in vain.
In vain you rise early, and finish so late, and so eat sorrow’s bread; for he cares for his loved ones in their sleep.
Children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward.
Like arrows wielded by warriors, are the children of youth.
Happy the man who has filled his quiver full of them. He will not be ashamed when he speaks with enemies in the gate.
Source
Open English Bible (Commonwealth). Public domain. Source: eBible.org (engoebcw). Partial: not every book is translated yet. 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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