Psalm 127
Words: Isaac Watts
(Note: there are two versions on this page.
1 If God support not, all the cost
And pains to build the house are lost;
If God the city will not keep
The watchful guards as well may sleep.
2 What if you rise before the sun,
And work and toil when day is done;
Careful and sparing eat your bread,
To shun what poverty your dread;
3 'Tis all in vain, till God hath blessed;
He can make rich, yet give us rest:
Children and friends are blessings too,
If God our Sov'reign make them so.
4 Happy the man to whom he sends
Obedient children, faithful friends:
How sweet our daily comforts prove
When they are seasoned with His love!
1 If God to build the house deny,
The builders work in vain;
And towns, without his wakeful eye,
A useless watch maintain.
2 Before the morning beams arise,
Your painful work renew;
And till the stars ascend the skies,
Your tiresome toil persue;
3 Short be your sleep, and coarse your fare;
In vain, till God has blessed;
But if his smiles attend your care,
You shall have food and rest.
4 Nor children, relatives, nor friends,
Shall real blessings prove;
Nor all the earthly joys he sends,
If sent without his love.
