¹ Unless Jehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Jehovah guards the city, the watchman wake but in vain.

² It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of toil, for so he gives sleep to his beloved.

³ Lo, sons are a heritage of Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb is a reward.

⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of youth.

⁵ Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate.