A Song of degrees for Shalomah.
EXCEPT Yahuah build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except Yahuah guard the city, the watchman wakens but in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep.
Lo, children are a heritage of Yahuah: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.