Psalm 127:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{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.

Build

They labour

1 Corinthians 15:14

Galatians 4:11

Except

Psalm 121:3

Isaiah 27:3

Zechariah 2:4

The watchman

Ezekiel 33:2

General references

Genesis 1:28

Bible References

Build

He shall build a house to my name; and he shall be to me for son, and I to him for father; and I prepared the throne of his kingdom over Israel even to forever.

See now; for Jehovah chose in thee to build a house for a holy place: be strong and do.

And to Solomon my son wilt thou give a whole heart to watch thy commands, thy testimonies, and thy laws, and to do the whole, and to build the fortress which I prepared.

For we are workers together with God: the agriculture of God, ye are the building of God.

They labour

And if Christ has not risen, then our proclaiming vain, and also your faith vain.

I am afraid of you, lest I have been wearied for you in vain.

Except

He will not give to move thy foot: he watching thee will not slumber.

I Jehovah watched her; for the moments I will water her; lest he will review upon her, night and day I will watch her.

And he will say to him, Run, speak to this youth, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited an open country from the multitude of men and cattle in the midst of her.

The watchman

They watching going about in the city, found me: Saw ye him that my soul loved?

They watching going round about in the city, found me; they struck me, they wounded me: they watching the wall took away my veil from me.

Set in order the table; view the watch-tower; eat, drink: arise ye chiefs, anoint the shield.

Look about, ye blind; they all knew not, they all dumb dogs, they shall not be able to bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

I appointed those watching over thy walls, O Jerusalem: all the day and all the night continually they shall not be silent: ye remembering Jehovah, no stillness to you.

Lift ye up a signal against the walls of Babel, strengthen the watch, set up the watchers, prepare the ambushes: for Jehovah also purposed and also did what he spake to the inhabitants of Babel.

Son of man, speak to the sons of thy people and say to them, A land, when I shall bring the sword upon her, and the people of the land took one man from their extremities, and they gave him to them for a watchman.

General references

And God will praise them, and God will say to them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing creeping upon the earth.