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PSALM CXXVII.
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Unless the Eternal build, in vainThe workmen rear the ancestral hall;
Unless the Eternal keep, in vain
The watchmen guard the city's wall.
Vain early matin, vigil late,
In vain we wake, in vain we weep,
And idly eat the bread of care;
He giveth his Belovèd Sleep.
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Heirs of the Eternal, children are,His guerdon, and his promised hire;
As arrows in the mighty's hands,
Are offspring to the youthful Sire.
Thrice happy is the man who hath
His household quiver full: for lo,
Nor he nor they shall e'er be shamed,
But in the gate subdue the foe.
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