 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 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.  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 83edited by - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 468 pages
...our wishes, he is there. He influenceth prosperity. " 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 is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows. It is God who giveth his... | |
 | Alexander M'Leod - Presbyterian Church - 1813 - 166 pages
...lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall reeover. fgj Psalms 127. 2. It 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. (r) Eeel. 5. 12. The sleep of a labouring... | |
 | John Howe - 1813 - 536 pages
...need a constant preserver in your several dwellings ? 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. Psalm I -2'J . I. A city you know is made up of so many houses inhabited;... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. q Psal.cxxvii 2. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he givetl« his beloved sleep r Eccl. v. 12. The sleep of a labouring... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1814 - 636 pages
...of the walls took away my veil. Ibid. chap. v. ver. 7. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watcheth but in vain. Psalm cxxvii. ver. 1. Athens, and other cities of Greece, had at least... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 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 is vai'n for you to rise up early, to sit up late. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth... | |
 | Church of England - Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 450 pages
...end. Amen. Or, Psal. cxxvii. NisiDominus. EXCEPT the Lord build the house : their labour is but lost that build it. Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh but in vain. It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness... | |
 | 1815 - 974 pages
...^Children are bis gift. A Song of degrees for Solomon. EXCEPT the LORD build the houfe, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman uaketh but in vain. 5 It is vain for you to rife up early, to fit up late, to eat the bread... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...with him. PSALM CXXVII. A Song of degrees for Solomon. 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. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1817 - 570 pages
...of the walls took away my veil. Ibid. chap. v. ver. 7. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watoheth but in vain. Psalm cxxvii. ver. 1. Athens, and other cities of Greece, had at least... | |
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