Psalms 127:1
Unless LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless LORD guards the city, the watchman wake but in vain.
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Joshua 2:2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men came in here tonight of the sons of Israel to search out the land.
1 Chronicles 22:10He shall build a 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 forever.
1 Chronicles 28:20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it. Fear not, nor be dismayed, for LORD God, even my God, is with thee. He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the hou
Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Psalms 78:69And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
Psalms 121:1I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where shall my help come?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 127:1
This is a family-psalm, as divers before were state-poems and church-poems. It is entitled (as we read it) "for Solomon," dedicated to him by his father. He having a house to build, a city to keep, and seed to raise up to his father, David directs him to look up to God, and to depend upon his providence, without which all his wisdom, care, and industry, would not serve. Some take it to have been penned by Solomon himself, and it may as well be read, "a song of Solomon," who wrote a great many; and they compare it… Read the whole commentary →