* A Song of degrees * for Solomon.
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain * that build it:
Except athe Lord keep the city, the watchman bwaketh but in vain.
2 It is vain for you cto drise up early, to dsit up celate,
To feat the bread of gsorrows:
For hso he giveth his ibeloved sleep.
3 Lo, kchildren are an heritage of the Lord:
And lthe fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mmighty man;
So are nchildren of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that * hath his quiver full of them:
oThey shall not be ashamed,
About The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English VersionThe Cambridge Paragraph Bible, edited by F.H.A. Scrivener, is a comprehensive and carefully edited revision of the King James Version text. Originally published in 1873, this version presents the text in paragraph form, poetry formatted in poetic line-division, and also includes the Apocrypha. Scrivener’s revisions are thoroughly documented, including multiple appendices which include translation notes and instances of departure from the original KJV text. |
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