Psalms 127:1
{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:
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Joshua 2:2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men have come hither to-night from the children of Israel to search out the land.
1 Chronicles 22:10He shall build a house unto 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.
1 Chronicles 28:20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and courageous, and do it; fear not nor be dismayed: for Jehovah Elohim, my God, will be with thee; he will not leave thee, neither forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah is finished.
Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of [his] forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 78:69And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
Psalms 121:1{A Song of degrees.} I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence 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 →