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v1
Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain.
v2
It is in vain for you who rise early and sit late, eating the bread of anxious toil, when thus he ^[That is, Yahweh] provides ^[Hebrew “gives”] for his beloved in his sleep. ^[Or “so he gives sleep to his beloved”]
v3
Look, children ^[Hebrew “sons”] are the heritage ^[That is, gift] of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
v4
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children ^[Hebrew “sons”] of one’s youth.
v5
Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them. ^[Or “whose quiver he Yahweh fills with them”] They shall not be put to shame when they speak with enemies at the gate.