Psalm 127:1
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Laboring and Prospering with the Lord
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
127 Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless (A)the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
Proverbs 16:9
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1 Corinthians 3:7
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7 So then (A)neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
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Proverbs 21:30-31
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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.
31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
But (B)deliverance is of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 3:9-15
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9 For (A)we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are (B)God’s building. 10 (C)According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid (D)the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than (E)that which is laid, (F)which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day (G)will declare it, because (H)it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
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Psalm 33:16-18
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16 (A)No king is saved by the multitude of an army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
17 (B)A horse is a [a]vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
18 (C)Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy,
Footnotes
- Psalm 33:17 false
Psalm 124:1
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Psalm 121:3-5
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3 (A)He will not allow your foot to [a]be moved;
(B)He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Footnotes
- Psalm 121:3 slip
- Psalm 121:5 protector
Isaiah 62:6
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6 (A)I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall [a]never hold their peace day or night.
You who [b]make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:6 not be silent
- Isaiah 62:6 remember
1 Chronicles 28:10
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10 Consider now, (A)for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.”
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Jeremiah 51:12
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12 (A)Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon;
Make the guard strong,
Set up the watchmen,
Prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
1 Chronicles 28:20
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20 And David said to his son Solomon, (A)“Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord God—my God—will be with you. (B)He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 15:14
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14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.
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Psalm 121:1
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God the Help of Those Who Seek Him
A Song of Ascents.
121 I (A)will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
Psalm 123:1
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Psalm 120:1
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Plea for Relief from Bitter Foes
A Song of Ascents.
120 In (A)my distress I cried to the Lord,
And He heard me.
Psalm 125:1
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The Lord the Strength of His People
A Song of Ascents.
125 Those who trust in the Lord
Are like Mount Zion,
Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
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11 I returned (A)and saw under the sun that—
The race is not to the swift,
Nor the battle to the strong,
Nor bread to the wise,
Nor riches to men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and (B)chance happen to them all.
Psalm 126:1
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A Joyful Return to Zion
A Song of Ascents.
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- Psalm 126:1 Those of the captivity
Psalm 78:69
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69 And He built His (A)sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
1 Chronicles 22:10-11
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10 (A)He shall build a house for My name, and (B)he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’ 11 Now, my son, may (C)the Lord be with you; and may you prosper, and build the house of the Lord your God, as He has said to you.
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Isaiah 56:10
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10 His watchmen are (A)blind,
They are all ignorant;
(B)They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
[a]Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:10 Or Dreaming
Psalm 122:1
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The Joy of Going to the House of the Lord
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
122 I was glad when they said to me,
(A)“Let us go into the house of the Lord.”
Zechariah 2:4-5
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4 who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: (A)‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. 5 For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be (B)a wall of fire all around her, (C)and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”
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Isaiah 21:5-12
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5 (A)Prepare the table,
Set a watchman in the tower,
Eat and drink.
Arise, you princes,
Anoint the shield!
6 For thus has the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman,
Let him declare what he sees.”
7 And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen,
A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels,
And he listened earnestly with great care.
8 [a]Then he cried, “A lion, my Lord!
I stand continually on the (B)watchtower in the daytime;
I have sat at my post every night.
9 And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen!”
Then he answered and said,
(C)“Babylon is fallen, is fallen!
And (D)all the carved images of her gods
He has broken to the ground.”
10 (E)Oh, my threshing and the grain of my floor!
That which I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
I have declared to you.
Proclamation Against Edom
11 (F)The [b]burden against Dumah.
He calls to me out of (G)Seir,
“Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?”
12 The watchman said,
“The morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
Return! Come back!”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:8 DSS Then the observer cried, “My Lord!
- Isaiah 21:11 oracle, prophecy
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