Unless the Lord builds a house, they labor in vain who will build?
Unless the Lord guards a city, the watchman watches in vain.
In vain will you rise up early, in vain will you lie down late.
To eat the bread of hard labor, for He gives to His loved ones in their
sleep.
Unless the Lord builds a house, they labor in vain who will build?
Unless the Lord guards a city, the watchman watches in vain.
See, children are the gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.
Oh, how happy is the man, whose quiver is full of them.
For he will never be ashamed, when he speaks with his foes in the gate.
Unless the Lord builds a house, they labor in vain who will build?
Unless the Lord guards a city, the watchman watches in vain.
Unless the Lord builds a house, they labor in vain who will build?
Unless the Lord guards a city, the watchman watches in vain.