Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
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Psalms 127
EnglishIt is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
سِفْرُ المزامير 127
العربيةنَشيدُ المَراقي. لِسُلَيمان. إِن لم يَبْنِ الرَّبُّ البَيتَ فباطِلًا يَتعَبُ البَنَّاؤُون. إِن لم يَحرُسِ الرَّبُّ المَدينة فباطِلًا يَسهَرُ الحارِسون
باطِلٌ لَكم أَن تُبَكِّروا في القِيام وتَتَأَخَّروا في المَنام آكِلينَ خُبزَ المَتاعِب واللهُ يَرزُقُ حَبيبَه وهو نائم
ها إِنَّ البَنينَ ميراثٌ مِنَ الرَّبّ وثَمَرَةَ البَطْنِ ثَوابٌ مِنه
كالسِّهامِ في يَدِ الجَبَّار هٰكَذا يَكونُ أَبْناءُ سِنِّ الشَّباب
طوبى لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذي مَلأَ جَعبَتَه مِنهم! فإِنَّهم لا يَخزَونَ إِذا رافَعوا ضِدَّ أَعْدائِهم عِندَ الأَبْواب