"Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."
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One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
<A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
{A Song of degrees. Of Solomon.} Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain:
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD shall build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD shall keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.
> Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, The watchman guards it in vain.
A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.