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 the restoration of Jerusalem. The title assigns it to Solomon, but probably it was written long after his day. Its proverbial philosophy may have led to its association with his name: cp. Proverbs 1:1.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
_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,...
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...
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...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 127 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
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...
שִׁ֥יר הַֽ מַּֽעֲלֹ֗ות לִ שְׁלֹ֫מֹ֥ה אִם ־יְה
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...
“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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
THAT BUILD IT: _ Heb._ are builders of it in it...
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...
Psalms 127:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 Solomon H8010 LORD H3068 builds H1129 (H8799) house H1004 labor H5998 ...
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)....
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...
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,...
CONTENTS: The vanity of worldly care and the wisdom of dependence on God for all things in the home. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The best designed home will be a failure unless God crowns it with H...
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...
_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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 22:11; 1 Chronicles 28:10; 1 Chronicles 28:20;...
Build — Assist and bless those that build it....