PsalmsChapter 127 · help and protection and humanity and family

5 verses1 sections1 min readPoetry & worshipComplete KJV text

Psalms 127 contains 5 verses in the King James Version. This page presents the complete chapter, a section-by-section outline, and direct links to every verse. Its recurring subjects include help and protection, humanity and family, and enemies and opposition.

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What is in Psalms 127?

The chapter opens, “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” It closes in verse 5, “Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.” The outline below follows the text in order.

Primary themes: help and protectionhumanity and familyenemies and opposition
Passage: Psalms 127:1–5
Reading time: About 1 minute · 110 words

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Psalms 127 outline

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Verses 1–5
Help and Protection · Humanity and Family
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

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Psalms 127:3 · KJV

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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Psalms 127 KJV

¹Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. ²It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. ³Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. ⁴As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. ⁵Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.