 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, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.  Views in Theology - Page 128by Lyman Beecher - 1836 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Farrow - 1708 - 272 pages
...Endeavours are in vain, Pfal. 127. i, 2. Except the Lord build the tioufe, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the City, the Watchman waketh but in vain. It is in vain to rife up early, and to tft up late, and to eat the Bread of Carefulncfs ; forfo he give th... | |
 | Complete collection, Thomas Deacon - 1734 - 292 pages
...Hallelujah. Nift Dominus. Pfal. 127. EXcept the Lord build the houfe : their labour is but loft that build it. Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh but in vain. It is but loft labour, that ye hafte to rife up early, and fo late take reft, and eat the bread of carefulnefs... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811 - 824 pages
...according to the saying of the prophet, " Except the " Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it " Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman...waketh but in " vain." " It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that run" neth, b,ut of God that sheweth mercy. Vol. iii. p. 616.'a fallen creature ' to... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812 - 560 pages
...what the Lord says, Psal. cxxvii. 1,2. ' 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, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gjvcth his beloved... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 468 pages
...he is there. He influenceth prosperity. " 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, to eat the bread of sorrows. It is God who giveth his... | |
 | Church of England - Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 450 pages
...Amen. Or, Psal. cxxvii. NisiDominus. EXCEPT the Lord build the house : their labour is but lost that build it. Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh but in vain. It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 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 vai'n for you to rise up early, to sit up late. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth... | |
 | Mrs. Taylor (Ann Martin) - Families - 1818 - 202 pages
...who has all events at His disposal. " Except the Lord build the house, they la- " hour in vain who build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." — It happens not unfrequently, that after parents have past the prime of their days in circumstances of... | |
 | Ann Taylor - Child rearing - 1818 - 194 pages
...Him who has all events at His disposal. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain who build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."— It happens not unfrequently, that after parents have past the prime of their days in circumstances of... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...and setteth up another. — Ps. Ixxv. 6, 7. 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, &c.-.Ps. cxxvii. 1, 2. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son... | |
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