Psa PsalmsŽalmy, psalmžalm Book of PsalmsKniha žalmů, psalmžalm 127

(Shir HaMa'alot, of Sh'lomo)

ExceptHashem build the bais,

they that build it labor in vain;

except Hashem is shomer over the city,

the shomair (watchman) stands guard in vain.Pro 14:11; 1Co 3:6

It is vain for you to rise up early,

to sit up late,

to eat the lechem ha'atzavim (bread of toils);

for so He giveth his beloved sleep.Jhn 21:3; Ezk 12:19

Hinei, banim are nachalat Hashem;

and the p'ri habeten is a zachar (reward).1Sa 1:27

As khitzim (arrows) are in the yad of a gibbor;

so are bnei haneurim (children born in oneʼs youth).

Ashrei hagever that hath his quiver full of them;

they shall not be ashamed,

but they shall speak with the oyevim basha'ar (enemy at the gate).