LEB PSA Chapter 127

A Prayer for Protection and Prosperity

• 127 its builders labor at it in vain.
• Unless Yahweh guards a city,
• a guard watches in vain.
• 2 It is in vain for you who rise early and sit late, eating the bread of anxious toil,
• when thus he[fn] provides[fn] for his beloved in his sleep.[fn]
• 3 [fn] are the heritage[fn] of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
• 4 the hand of a warrior, so are the children[fn] of one’s youth.
• 5 is the man who fills his quiver with them.[fn] They shall not be put to shame
• when they speak with enemies at the gate.