Day 214 of 365

¹Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

²It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

³Behold, children are a heritage of the Lord. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

⁴As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.

⁵Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

¹Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways.

²For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

³Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.

⁴Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the Lord.

⁵May the Lord bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

⁶Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.

¹Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

²many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

³The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

⁴The Lord is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

⁵Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

⁶Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

⁷with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

⁸Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the Lord be on you. We bless you in the name of the Lord."

¹Out of the depths I have cried to you, Lord.

²Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.

³If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

⁴But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.

⁵I wait for the Lord. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

⁶My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷Israel, hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.

⁸He will redeem Israel from all their sins.