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| 1 A Song of degrees. Of Solomon. Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain: |
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| 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep. |
His beloved sleep – Many, previously troubled with the cares of this life, have cast their cares upon the Lord and have regained the ability to enjoy sweet rest in sleep. R3003:4
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| 3 Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward. |
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| 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. |
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| 5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate. |
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