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It is in vain for you who rise early and sit late,
eating the bread of anxious toil,
when thus he[a] provides[b] for his beloved in his sleep.[c]
Look, children[d] are the heritage[e] of Yahweh;
the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
so are the children[f] of one’s youth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 127:2 That is, Yahweh
  2. Psalm 127:2 Hebrew “gives”
  3. Psalm 127:2 Or “so he gives sleep to his beloved”
  4. Psalm 127:3 Hebrew “sons”
  5. Psalm 127:3 That is, gift
  6. Psalm 127:4 Hebrew “sons”