Psalms 127

Treated in 4 passages across the library.

  • 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep. 2
  • 127:3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward. 2
  • 127:1 Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. 1
  • 127:4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth. 1
  • 127:5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate. 1

American Standard Version

  1. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of July cites Ps. 127:2

    …o greater happiness is possible. July 2 REFRESHING SLEEP "So he giveth his beloved sleep" Ps. 127:2 Ours is not a life of anxious care, but of happy faith. Our heavenly Father will supply t…

  2. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    Raising Arrows cites Psalm 127:3–5

    …ior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them." — Psalm 127:3–5 Of all the gifts God gives a man, few are greater than children. And of all the responsib…

  3. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Without Me You Can Do Nothing cites Psalm 127:1-2

    … not. And facts are stubborn things, thank God, and do not alter for all our feelings. In Psalm 127:1-2 ‘’unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord wat…

  4. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry cites Ps. 127.3-5

    …l of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate’ (Ps. 127.3-5). 291. It pleased me nothing to see people drink in opinions if they seemed ignorant of J…