Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
American Standard Version
Psalms 127
1A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. 2It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep. 3Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward. 4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth. 5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
American Standard Version (1901). Copyright expired. Public domain.