1 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.
2 It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of toil: {cf15i for} so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: {cf15i and} the fruit of the womb is {cf15i his} reward.
4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate.