{ "1": "Unless Yahweh builds the house,\n\\q they work uselessly, those who build it.\n\\q Unless Yahweh guards the city,\n\\q the watchman stands guard uselessly.\n\\q", "2": "It is useless for you to rise up early,\n\\q to come home late,\n\\q or to eat the bread of hard work,\n\\q for Yahweh provides for his beloved as they sleep.\n\n\\s5\n\\q", "3": "See, children are a heritage from Yahweh,\n\\q and the fruit of the womb is a reward from him.\n\\q", "4": "Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,\n\\q so are the children of one’s youth.\n\\q", "5": "How blessed is the man that has his quiver full of them.\n\\q He will not be put to shame\n\\q when he confronts his enemies in the gate.\n\n\n\\s5", "front": "\\m\n\\d A song of ascents, of Solomon.\n\\q" }