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(Shir HaMa'alot, of Sh'lomo) 1 ExceptHashem build the bais, they that build it labor in vain; except Hashem is shomer over the city, the shomair (watchman) stands guard in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the lechem ha'atzavim (bread of toils); for so He giveth his beloved sleep.
Hinei, banim are nachalat Hashem; and the p'ri habeten is a zachar (reward).
As khitzim (arrows) are in the yad of a gibbor; so are bnei haneurim (children born in oneʼs youth).
Ashrei hagever that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the oyevim basha'ar (enemy at the gate).
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible. Copyright © 2002-2011, 2021, 2024 Artists for Israel International. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: eBible.org (engojb). Changes: reformatted for display (USFM to verses); no wording changed. 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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