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It is in vain that you rise up early,
That you sit out late,
O you who (A)eat the bread of [a]painful labors;
For in this manner, He gives (B)sleep to His (C)beloved.

Behold, (D)children are [b]an inheritance of Yahweh,
The (E)fruit of the womb is a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a (F)warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 127:2 Lit toils
  2. Psalm 127:3 Or a heritage