6CERTAINLY <TO GOING> HE WILL GO AND WEEPING CARRYING <THE> BAG OF <THE> SEED CERTAINLY <COME> HE WILL COME WITH A SHOUT OF JOY CARRYING SHEAVES HIS 6He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
0[THE] SONG OF THE ASCENTS OF SOLOMON Children Are a Heritage from the LORD 0A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
1IF YAHWEH NOT HE WILL BUILD A HOUSE VANITY THEY HAVE TOILED BUILDERS ITS IN IT IF YAHWEH NOT HE WILL WATCH OVER A CITY VANITY HE HAS KEPT AWAKE [THE] WATCHMAN 1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
2VANITY [BELONGS] TO YOU [WHO] RISE EARLY <OF> TO RISE [WHO] DELAY <OF> TO SIT [WHO] EAT <OF> [THE] BREAD OF <THE> LABORS THUS HE GIVES TO BELOVED [ONE] HIS SLEEP 2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
3HERE! [THE] INHERITANCE OF YAHWEH [IS] SONS [IS] A REWARD [THE] FRUIT OF THE WOMB 3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
4LIKE ARROWS IN [THE] HAND OF A WARRIOR SO [ARE] [THE] SONS OF <THE> YOUTH<S> 4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
5HOW BLESSED! [IS] THE MAN WHO HE HAS FILLED <OBJ.> QUIVER HIS FROM THEM NOT THEY WILL BE ASHAMED IF THEY WILL SPEAK WITH ENEMIES IN THE GATE 5Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.