(127) A Song of Degrees.
1Except the Lord build the house, they that build labor in vain: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watches in vain.
2It is vain for you to rise early: you⌃ rise up after resting, you⌃ that eat the bread of grief; while he gives sleep to his beloved.
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the womb.
4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of those who were outcasts.
5Blessed is the man who shall satisfy his desire with them: they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak to their enemies in the gates.
Text: the Septuagint in the translation of Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton (1851), revised in American English by Michael Paul Johnson (LXX2012). Public domain. The Old Testament of the Eastern Orthodox Bible is in preparation.
