1A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

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2It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved,

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Hosea 6:11, Hosea 6:11, Joel 3:1, Joel 3:1, Jeremiah 31:8

3Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

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Job 8:21, Job 8:21, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 35:10, Psalms 71:19

4As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.

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Luke 1:49, Luke 1:49, Isaiah 66:14, Isaiah 66:14, Isaiah 12:4

5Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.

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Psalms 85:4, Psalms 85:4, Psalms 126:1, Joshua 3:16, Isaiah 43:19