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- <A Song of the going up.
Of Solomon.>
If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
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- It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food;
for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
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- See, sons are a heritage from the Lord;
the fruit of the body is his reward.
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- Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.
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- Happy is the man who has a good store of them;
he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
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