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It’s useless for you to work from early morning
    until late at night
just to get food to eat.
    God provides for those he loves even while they sleep.

Children are a gift from the Lord.
    They are a reward from him.
Children who are born to people when they are young
    are like arrows in the hands of a soldier.

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In vain you rise early
    and stay up late,
toiling for food(A) to eat—
    for he grants sleep(B) to[a] those he loves.(C)

Children are a heritage from the Lord,
    offspring a reward(D) from him.
Like arrows(E) in the hands of a warrior
    are children born in one’s youth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 127:2 Or eat— / for while they sleep he provides for