¹Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

¹所羅門朝聖之歌（原文作“往上行之歌”）。如果不是耶和華建造房屋，建造的人就徒然勞苦；如果不是耶和華看守城池，看守的人就徒然警醒。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》包括細字標題）

²It 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.

²你們清早起來，很晚才歇息，吃勞碌得來的飯，都是徒然；因為主必使他所愛的安睡。

³Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

³兒女是耶和華所賜的產業，腹中的胎兒是他的賞賜。

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

⁴年輕時所生的兒女，好像勇士手中的箭。

⁵Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

⁵箭袋裝滿了箭的人是有福的，他們在城門口和仇敵說話的時候，必不至於羞愧。