Chapter 127
1 Unless the LORD builds the house , they who build it labour in vain . Unless the LORD watches over the city , the watchman guards it in vain .
2 It is vain for you to rise up early , to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
3 Behold , children are a heritage of the LORD . The fruit of the womb is his reward .
4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man , so are the children of youth .
5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them . They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate .