Psalm 127

⁹A man’s heart plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.

⁷So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

³⁰There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the Lord.

³¹A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the Lord.

⁹For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

¹⁰By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

¹⁶No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

¹⁷A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

³He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

⁴Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

¹²The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

⁸I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

¹⁸You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

⁵I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.

²⁶At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

²⁰So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.

²¹When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

³Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

⁴In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the Lord.

⁴The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

²⁷I prayed for this boy, and since the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him,

⁴and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

⁵When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

¹⁸Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

⁶Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

²⁸Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

⁹For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

⁴Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

¹¹Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

¹²So the Lord blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

¹³And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

⁴His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

²³He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.