A Song of Ascents. By Sulayman.
1Unless YAHWEH1 builds the house,
They labour in vain who build it.
Unless YAHWEH watches over the city,
The watchman guards it in vain.
2It is vain for you to rise up early,
To stay up late,
Eating the bread of toil;
For he gives sleep to his loved ones.
3Behold, children are a heritage of YAHWEH.
The fruit of the womb is his reward.
4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man,
So are the children of youth.
5Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.
They will not be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
- 127:1 YAHWEH, the name God revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15 – God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.” ↩︎