Psalms 127:1
“A song of the degrees for Solomon.” Unless the Lord do build the house, in vain labor they that build on it: unless the Lord guard the city, in vain is the watchman wakeful.
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Joshua 2:2And it was told unto the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men came in hither this night, of the children of Israel, to search out the country.
1 Chronicles 22:10He it is who shall build a house unto my name; and he shall be unto me as a son, and I will be unto him as a 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 of good courage, and do [the work]; fear not, and be not dismayed; for the Lord God, [yea,] my God is with thee: he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of an army: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 78:69And he built like high [mountains] his sanctuary, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
Psalms 121:1“A song for the degrees.” I lift up my eyes unto the mountains: whence shall come my help?
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 →