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Psalms 127:2

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It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

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  1. Psalms 127:1

    Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

  2. Psalms 127:3

    Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

  3. Psalms 127:4

    As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.