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It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
    for[a] he gives to his beloved sleep.

Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord,
    the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
    are the sons of one’s youth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 127:2 Another reading is so

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