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PSALM CXXVII
_The necessity of God's blessing on every undertaking, without_
_which no prosperity can be expected_, 1, 2.
_Children are a heritage from the Lord_, 3, 4.
_A fruitful wife is a bless...
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EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE - Or rather, “a house.” The word
“house” may refer either to an ordinary dwelling; to the temple,
as a place of worship; or to a family, with reference to its success
a...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXXVII. A. This Ps. is, as is now generally admitted, composed of two
independent Pss. In Psalms 127 A, _i.e._ in Psalms 127:1 f. the
Psalmist's theme is _the vanity_ of toil without Yahweh's blessing...
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TITLE.. Song of degrees. Same as 120 ("the degrees"). App-67. The
Structure, and the references to Hezekiah being childless (App-67.
xiv), show that this is not. Psalm "made up of two smaller Psalms,...
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_The virtue of God's blessing. Good children are his gift._
A Song of Degrees for Solomon.
_Title._ לשׁלמה המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth
lishlomoh._] This is said to have been composed by Solomon,...
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PSALMS 127
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
In Relief of Domestic and Civic Anxiety.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 127:1-2, Jehovah's Blessing Succeeds our Endeavours,
Allays our Anxieties, and Gives us Sleep. Stanz...
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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.
Psalms 127:1.-Except God gives the blessing, man's works cannot h...
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A warning against over-anxiety in any work. Let it be left in the wise
hands of Jehovah, who gives the best blessings without human aid.
Perhaps the Ps. was addressed to some too-zealous workers in th...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 127
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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HOUSE. — _A house,_ any house, not the Temple. The thought is a
general one. Even in the common labours of men, it is the Divine
blessing which contributes the success. _An Gottes Segen ist alles
gele...
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שִׁ֥יר הַֽ מַּֽעֲלֹ֗ות לִ שְׁלֹ֫מֹ֥ה
אִם ־יְה
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Psalms 127:1
THIS pure expression of conscious dependence on God's blessing for all
well-being may possibly have special reference to the Israel of the
Restoration. The instances of vain human effort...
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“THE LORD HATH DONE GREAT THINGS FOR US”
Psalms 126:1-6; Psalms 127:1-5
The circumstances under which this psalm was written are evident upon
its face. The exiles, lately back from Babylon, are re...
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The thought of the pilgrim centres upon the city toward which his face
is turned as the place of home. The strength of the Hebrew people in
the past, and all that remains of it today, largely results...
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"A Song of degrees for Solomon." Except the LORD (a) build the house,
they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the (b) city,
the watchman waketh [but] in vain.
(a) That is, govern and...
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Canticle. Being a sequel to the former [psalm], (Calmet) and similar
to the 111th, as both promise felicity to the captives at their
return, if they prove faithful, 2 Esdras ix. 38. (Ferrand.) --- It...
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CONTENTS
This Psalm contains a pious and devout acknowledgment, that all
blessings are from the Lord. Neither the builder, nor the soldier, nor
the master of a family, can be successful in their seve...
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1._Except Jehovah build the house. _There is no reason why the Jews
should deny that this Psalm was composed by Solomon. They think that
the letter ל, _lamed, _which we translate of, is equivalent to,...
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These full blessings thus sought, the building the house, the keeping
the city, the desired abundance of children, are all (Psalms 127)
Jehovah's doing and gift, or man labors and watches in vain. The...
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EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOUR IN VAIN THAT BUILD
IT,.... Whether it be understood literally of an artificial house, as
Solomon's own house; or the house of the Lord, or any other: let a...
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Psalms 127:1 «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.
_A Sony of degrees...
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_Except the Lord build the house_ That is, assist and bless those that
build it, whether an artificial house, such as the temple, or the
royal palace, or any of those numerous structures which Solomon...
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Except the Lord build the house, Himself watching over the erection of
every building executed by men and prospering their labors, THEY LABOR
IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT, there being so many possibilities o...
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THE DIVINE BLESSING NEEDED FOR HUMAN ENTERPRISES.
A song of degrees for Solomon, a hymn written by him probably in
connection with the building of the Temple, but applicable to all
similar conditions...
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THAT BUILD IT:
_ Heb._ are builders of it in it...
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PSALM 127 Or rather, _of Solomon_, as this particle is generally used
in this book. Nor is there any thing in this Psalm which gives us just
ground to question whether Solomon was the author of it or...
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Psalms 127:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 Solomon H8010 LORD H3068 builds
H1129 (H8799) house H1004 labor H5998 ...
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A SONG OF DEGREES
Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up
to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms
112:2)....
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Psalms 127:1
There is progress in life, there is progress in history, because the
Lord is building, working, and watching with man; and man is learning.
slowly, alas! and by stages that seem impercep...
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Psalms 127:1. _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,...
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REFLECTIONS.
The man who begins the world aright, must begin with God. The stately
house is built in vain, and the family multiplied for wickedness,
unless it be done in the Lord's counsel, and with...
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_Except the Lord build the house._
AUTHORSHIP OF THIS PSALM
Various considerations taken together require the opinion that this
middle Song of Degrees was composed by Solomon. It suits the time of
pe...
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WATCHMEN
I have made thee a watchman. Ezekiel 3:17.
Except the Lord keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. Psalms
127:1.
The words of our first text were spoken to the prophet Ezekiel. Go...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 127:1. The basic theme of this wisdom
psalm is that without the Lord’s blessing, all human toil is
worthless. This is seen clearly in vv. Ps
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INTRODUCTION
Various considerations taken together require the opinion that this
middle Song of Degrees was composed by Solomon. It suits the time of
peaceful house-building and civil settlement and p...
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EXPOSITION
A DIDACTIC psalm, preaching a contented trust in God as more conducive
to the prosperity of a man, or a state, than any amount of fussy
activity. The ascription to Solomon is borne out
(1...
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Psa 127:1-5 is a psalm that is important for all of us to really get
implanted deep in our hearts.
Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it
(Psalms 127:1):
I spent far too ma...
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1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 22:11; 1 Chronicles 28:10; 1
Chronicles 28:20;...
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Build — Assist and bless those that build it....