# Psalm 127 ## Psalm 127:1 - [KJV] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh *but* in vain. - [ASV] Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. - [YLT] If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked. ### Notes on Psalm 127:1 - ## Psalm 127:2 - [KJV] *It is* vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: *for* so he giveth his beloved sleep. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep. ### Notes on Psalm 127:2 - ## Psalm 127:3 - [KJV] Lo, children *are* an heritage of the LORD: *and* the fruit of the womb *is his* reward. - [ASV] Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; *And* the fruit of the womb is *his* reward. - [YLT] Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah *are* sons, A reward *is* the fruit of the womb. ### Notes on Psalm 127:3 - ## Psalm 127:4 - [KJV] As arrows *are* in the hand of a mighty man; so *are* children of the youth. - [ASV] As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth. - [YLT] As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So *are* the sons of the young men. ### Notes on Psalm 127:4 - ## Psalm 127:5 - [KJV] Happy *is* the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate! ### Notes on Psalm 127:5 -