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¹ If it is not the Lord who builds a house,
    the builders are wasting their time.
If it is not the Lord who watches over the city,
    the guards are wasting their time.

² It is a waste of time to get up early and stay up late,
    trying to make a living.
The Lord provides for those he loves,
    even while they are sleeping.

³ Children are a gift^[a] from the Lord,
    a reward from a mother's womb.
⁴ A young man's sons
    are like the arrows in a soldier's hand.
⁵ The man who fills his quiver with sons
    will be very blessed.
He will never be defeated
    when he opposes his enemy at the city gates.^[b]