Psalms 127:1
A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Cross References
Joshua 2:2And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”
1 Chronicles 22:10He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
1 Chronicles 28:20David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Psalms 78:69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
Psalms 121:1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does 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 →