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1 If Yahweh does not build a house,
those who built it labored in vain.
If Yahweh does not watch over a city,
the watchman keeps awake in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
to lie down late, to eat the bread of strenuous labor;
for he gives sleep to his beloved.
3 Behold, children are an inheritance from Yahweh,
the fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man,
so are the children of one’s youth.
5 Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them.
when they speak with their enemies at the gate.
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