Psalms 127 (LSB)

Chapter Text

127:1 A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless Yahweh watches the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.

127:2 It is in vain that you rise up early, That you sit out late, O you who eat the bread of painful labors; For in this manner, He gives sleep to His beloved.

127:3 Behold, children are an inheritance of Yahweh, The fruit of the womb is a reward.

127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.

127:5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with enemies in the gate.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "song", "ascents", "solomon", "unless", "yahweh", "builds", "house", and "labor". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "song" and "ascents", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local LSB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "song" and "ascents" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "song" and "ascents" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.