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
| Missionaries - 1830 - 420 pages
...sea." Journal. " Sept. 1 1 . — Was very much impressed with a passage in the 127th Psalm, ( 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.' For some weeks past the studies preparatory... | |
| King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) - Hymns, English - 1831 - 564 pages
...bring his sheaves with him. PSALM 127. EXCEPT the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost who 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;... | |
| William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...labour in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman wakcth 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." The wisest course therefore is to secure... | |
| John Howe - 1832 - 548 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 hut in vain. Psalm I'-'/- 1. A city you know is made up of so many houses inhabited;... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee. Ps. cxxii. 6. 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. Ps. cxxvii. 1. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy... | |
| Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Religion - 716 pages
...so working as to believe in God, and so believing in God as to work without fear. CHS Vs. 2. /( is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows. Hard earned is their food, scantily rationed, and scarcely ever sweetened,... | |
| Walter Curtis Lichfield - Religion - 2005 - 702 pages
...heritage given by our loving God. A Song of degrees for Solomon. 127:1 Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh (but) in vain. 127:2 (It is) vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat... | |
| Barbara Stuart - 2005 - 256 pages
...highly educated or earning more money. I The Structure of Marriage Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain (Psalm 127:1, KJV). And the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man... | |
| Devan Mair - Religion - 2005 - 54 pages
...wages, eameth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Haggai 1 vs 6 Except the Lord build the houses, they labor in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalms 127 vs I Jesus answered, verily, verily, I say unto thee, except... | |
| Alvin Cordes - Religion - 2005 - 297 pages
...Sufficient unto the day is the evi thereof." Matthew 6: 33, 34. How should we pray in this petition? "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." Psalml27:2. "Having food and raiment... | |
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