Psalms 127:1
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD shall build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD shall keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.
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Joshua 2:2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel, to search out the country.
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 for ever.
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 the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 78:69And he built his sanctuary like high palaces , like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Psalms 121:1A Song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh 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 →