Ps127 A song of pilgrimage. 

Of Solomon.

Unless it is the LORD who builds the house, the builders' work is pointless. 

Unless it is the LORD who protects the city, the guard on duty is pointless. 

It is pointless that you get up early and stay up late, eating the bread of hard labor because God gives sleep to those he loves.

No doubt about it: children are a gift from the LORD; 

the fruit of the womb is a divine reward.

The children born when one is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior. The person who fills a quiver full with them is truly happy! They won't be ashamed when arguing with their enemies in the gate.

Psalms 127 CEB

The 2nd part of this song seems to read like Proverbs, a jumble of ideas from Solomon, but if we keep them in context with his opening thoughts about God being the builder of the house, then he is taking this idea into family life too.

Jesus expands this idea of family, so we can take Solomon's invitation to have our God at the centre into whatever our living situation is, it becomes more about community, abt seeing others thrive and flourish who are in our orbit and care, about being part of the trajectory of another person's life, and in that, we get a glimpse of Jesus care for us, of wanting our flourishing, our shalom, to see our trajectory, and to stand at the city gate proud of us.

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