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127 Psalms

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.  
1 Unless Yahweh builds the house,
those who build it labour in vain.
Unless Yahweh watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.

In Praise of God's Goodness. Psalm 127(v126)
2 It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.

 
3 Lo, sons are a heritage from Yahweh,
the fruit of the womb a reward.

 
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons of one's youth.

 
5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

 
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The katapi New Standard Bible is a very light revision of the RSV. The changes are: (1) In places where 'the LORD', 'O LORD' occurs in the RSV, (it represents the tetragrammaton - YHWH - which is in the hebrew text), I have printed 'YHWH' in black. The later vowel sounds I have shown in the colour gray;
(2) I have removed the quotation marks and hyphens that were used in so many names in the RSV as an aid to correct pronunciation. This now brings it in line with all other English versions, and makes any word-search more accurate.
(3) I have changed all (I hope!) of the RSV archaic language sections to modern.

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