Psalms 127 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ [A Song of Ascents. Solomon’s.]
If, Yahweh, build not the house, in vain, have the builders of it toiled thereon, If, Yahweh, watch not the city, in vain, hath the watchman kept awake: ² Vain for you,––to be early in rising, to be late in lying down, to be eating the bread of wearisome toil, So, would he give his beloved one sleep. ³ Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb: ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a warrior, so, are the children of young men. ⁵ How happy the man who hath filled his quiver with them! They will not be ashamed, but will speak with enemies in the gate.

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said to them––Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it,––and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.

¹⁷ And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life; ¹⁸ Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee,––when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field: ¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because, therefrom, wast thou taken,––For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.

⁴ And lo! the word of Yahweh [came] unto him, saying, This one, shall not be thine heir; But, one who cometh forth of thy body––he, shall be thine heir. ⁵ And he brought him forth abroad, and said––Look steadfastly, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister! become, thou, thousands of ten thousands,––And let thy seed take possession of the gate of them that hate them!

¹ And Rachel saw she had borne no children unto Jacob, so Rachel became envious of her sister,––and said unto Jacob, Come! give me children, or else, I die. ² Then kindled the anger of Jacob with Rachel,––and he said, Am I, in the place of God, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

⁵ Then lifted he up his eyes, and beheld the women and the children, and said, What are these, to thee? And he said––The children wherewith God hath favoured thy servant.

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn, Manasseh,––For God hath made me forget all my trouble, and all the house of my father. ⁵² And, the name of the second, called he, Ephraim,––For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my humiliation.

⁴ and said unto me––Behold me! about to make thee fruitful, so will I multiply thee, and give thee to become a multitude of peoples,––so will I give this land to thy seed after thee, as an age–abiding possession.

²³ And Joseph saw, Ephraim’s, sons of three generations,––moreover, the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph’s knees.

⁴ Blessed, shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle,––the young of thy kine, and the ewes of thy flock:

³ So I took your father, Abraham, from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan,––and multiplied his seed, and gave unto him, Isaac; ⁴ and gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau,––and gave unto Esau, Mount Seir, to possess it, but, Jacob and his sons, went down into Egypt.

¹⁹ And they rose up early in the morning, and worshipped before Yahweh, and returned, and entered their own house, in Ramah,––and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her. ²⁰ And so it was, when the days had come round during which Hannah was with child, that she bare a son,––and called his name Samuel[=" Heard of God"], Because, of Yahweh, I asked him.

²⁷ For this boy, I prayed,––And Yahweh hath given me my petition which I asked of him.

²⁰ And Eli used to bless Elkanah and his wife, and to say––Yahweh give thee seed of this woman, instead of the loan that hath been lent unto Yahweh. So they went their way to his own place. ²¹ And Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons, and two daughters. Thus did the boy Samuel grow up with Yahweh.

¹⁰ He, shall build a house for my Name, and, he, shall be my son, and, I, will be his father,––therefore will I establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel, unto times age–abiding: ¹¹ Now, my son, Yahweh be with thee,––so shalt thou be prosperous, and shalt build the house of Yahweh thy God, according as he hath spoken concerning thee.

⁵ and, from among all my sons,––for, many sons, hath Yahweh given me,––he hath made choice of Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh, over Israel.

¹⁰ See! now, that, Yahweh, hath made choice of thee, to build a house for a sanctuary––be strong and do!

²⁰ Then said David, unto Solomon his son, Be strong and bold, and act, thou mayest not fear nor be dismayed,––for, Yahweh, God, my God, will be with thee, he will not let thee go, neither will he forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh.

¹⁹ Also, unto Solomon my son, give thou an undivided heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes,––to do the whole, and to build the palace for which I have prepared.

² And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

⁴ His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:

¹⁸ And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;

¹² And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning,––and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she–asses. ¹³ And he came to have seven sons, and three daughters; ¹⁴ and he called the name of the first Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia,––and the name of the third, Keren–happuch. ¹⁵ And there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job, in all the land,––and their father gave them an inheritance, in the midst of their brethren. ¹⁶ And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years,––and saw his sons and his sons’ sons, four generations.

⁵ I, laid me down and slept,––I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me!

⁸ In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.

⁴⁷ The GOD, who hath avenged me,––and subjugated peoples under me:

¹⁶ Not a king, can be saved by greatness of force, nor, hero, deliver himself by greatness of strength: ¹⁷ A deception, is the horse, for victory, and, by his great strength, shall he not deliver. ¹⁸ Lo! the eye of Yahweh, is toward them who revere him, unto such as are waiting for his lovingkindness:

⁵ Lo! as hand–breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life–time, is as nothing before thee,––Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.] ⁶ Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.

⁵ That thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save thou with thine own right hand––and answer us.

¹ [Solomon’s.> O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;

⁶⁹ And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age–abiding.

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Unto Yahweh, in the distress that befell me, I cried––and he answered me.

⁴ The arrows of the hero sharpened, with burning coals of broom.

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
I will lift up mine eyes, unto the mountains, From whence cometh my help!

³ May he not suffer thy foot, to slip, May thy keeper, not slumber! ⁴ Lo! neither will slumber nor sleep, The keeper of Israel. ⁵ Yahweh, is thy keeper, Yahweh, is thy shade, on thy right hand:

¹ [A Song of Ascents. David’s.]
I was glad, when they were saying unto me, Unto the house of Yahweh, let us go!

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Unto thee, have I lifted up mine eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens.

¹ [A Song of Ascents. David’s.]
If it had not been, Yahweh, who was on our side, oh might Israel say:

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
They who trust in Yahweh, [are] like Mount Zion, which shall not be shaken, Age–abidingly, shall it remain.

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream:

³ Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house,––Thy children, like plantings of olive–trees, round about thy table. ⁴ Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh.

⁹ A man’s heart, deviseth his way, but, Yahweh, directeth his steps.

⁶ The crown of old men, consists of children’s children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.

³⁰ There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, to confront Yahweh. ³¹ The horse, is prepared for the day of battle, but, to Yahweh, pertaineth the victory.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me in a matter.

¹⁵ And she riseth, while yet it is night, and giveth food to her household, and a task to her maidens: ¹⁶ She considereth a field, and procureth it, Out of the fruit of her hands, she planteth a vineyard: ¹⁷ She girdeth, with strength her loins, and putteth vigour into her arms: ¹⁸ She tasteth, whether, good, be her merchandise, and her lamp, goeth not out by night:

²⁸ Her children rise up, and call her happy! her husband, and he praiseth her:––

¹⁴ I saw all the works which were done under the sun,––and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

¹ Said, I, in my heart, Come now! I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou on blessedness,––but lo! even that, was vanity. ² Of laughter, I said, Madness! and, of mirth, What can it do? ³ I sought out with my heart, to cherish with wine, my flesh,––but, my heart, was to guide with wisdom, even in laying hold of folly, until I should see which was blessedness for the sons of men, as to that which they could do, under the heavens, during the number of the days of their life. ⁴ I enlarged my works,––I built me houses, I planted me vineyards; ⁵ I made me gardens, and parks,––I planted in them trees of every kind of fruit; ⁶ I made me pools of water,––to irrigate therefrom the thick–set saplings growing up into trees: ⁷ I acquired, men–servants and women–servants, and, the children of the household, were mine,––also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem; ⁸ I heaped me up, both silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and provinces,––I provided me singing–men and singing–women, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and wives. ⁹ So I became great, and increased, more than any one who had been before me in Jerusalem,––moreover, my wisdom, remained with me; ¹⁰ and, nothing that mine eyes asked, withheld I from them,––I did not keep back my heart from any gladness, for, my heart, obtained gladness out of all my toil, and so, this, was my portion, out of all my toil. ¹¹ When, I, looked upon all my works, which my hands had made, and on my toil, whereon I had toilsomely wrought, then lo! all, was vanity, and feeding on wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

²⁰ Then resolved I, to give my heart over to despair,––concerning all the toil, wherein I had toiled, under the sun. ²¹ For here is a man, whose toil hath been with wisdom and with knowledge and with skill,––yet, to a man who hath not toiled therein, shall he leave it as his portion, even this, was vanity and a great vexation. ²² For what hath the man for all his toil, and for the striving of his heart,––wherein, he himself, toiled under the sun? ²³ For, all his days, are pains, and, vexatious, is his employment, even in the night, his heart lieth not down,––even this, was, vanity.

⁸ Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches,––neither [saith he] For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!

¹² Sweet the sleep of the labourer, whether, little or much, he eat,––but, the surfeit of the rich man, will not suffer him to sleep.

⁷ All the toil of man, is for his mouth,––though, even the desire, is not satisfied!

¹¹ I again saw under the sun, that not, to the swift, was the race, nor, to the strong, the battle, nay! nor, to the wise, food, nor yet, to the intelligent, riches, nor, even to the well–informed, comeliness,––for, time and accident, happened to them all.

³ The watchmen that go round in the city, found me, The beloved of my soul, have ye seen?

⁷ The watchmen who were going round in the city, found me, they smote me, wounded me,––The watchmen of the walls, took away my cloak from off me.

¹⁸ Lo! I, and the children whom Yahweh hath given, me, are for signs and for wonders, in Israel,––from Yahweh of hosts, who is making his habitation in Mount Zion.

¹⁸ And, bows, shall dash the young to pieces,––And, on the fruit of the womb, will they have no pity, Over children, will, their eye, throw no shield.

⁵ [Ye thought] to prepare the table––spread the mat––eat––drink! . . . Arise, ye chieftains, anoint the shield! ⁶ For, thus, hath My Lord said, unto me,––Go, set the watchman, What he seeth, let him tell! ⁷ When he seeth, A train of horsemen in double rank, A train of asses, A train of camels, Then shall he hearken attentively, with diligent heed. ⁸ Then cried he, A lion! On the watch, O My Lord, had I, been standing continually, by day, And, at my post, had I, been stationed whole nights; –– ⁹ When lo! here was a train of men coming, With horsemen in double rank,––And one began and said, Fallen! fallen! is Babylon, And, all the images of her gods, are smashed to the ground! ¹⁰ O thou My threshing! And the grain of my corn–floor! That which I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, Have I declared, unto you.
¹¹ The oracle on Dumah: Unto me, is one crying––out of Seir, Watchman! how far gone is the night? Watchman! how far gone is the night? ¹² Said the watchman, There cometh a morning, But also, a night,––If ye will enquire, enquire, ye––Come, again!

³ I––Yahweh, am Watching over her, Every moment, will I water her,––Lest anyone injure her, Night and day, will I watch over her.

¹⁰ His watchmen, are blind, None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,––Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.

⁶ Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night through, let them not hold their peace,––O ye that put Yahweh in mind, Do not take rest, to yourselves,

²⁶ Upon this, I awoke and considered,––And, my sleep, had been sweet to me!

⁹ For lo! I, am rousing and bringing up against Babylon, a gathered host of great nations, out of the land of the North, And they shall array themselves against her, From thence, shall she be captured,––His arrows, are as of a hero making childless, None shall return, empty.

¹² Against the walls of Babylon, Lift ye up a standard, Strengthen ye the watch, Station the watchmen, Make ready the ambuscades,––For Yahweh hath both planned, and also performed, that which he had spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon.

³¹ Runner to meet runner, shall they run, And teller to meet teller,––To tell the king of Babylon, That captured, is his city at the end!

² Son of man, Speak unto the sons of thy people, and thou shalt say unto them, A land,––when I bring upon it a sword, And the people of the land shall take, one man out of their whole number, and appoint him for them, as watchman; ³ And he shall see the sword coming upon the land,––and shall blow with the horn, and warn the people, ⁴ Then, as for him who, really heard, the sound of the horn, and took not warning, The sword indeed, hath come, and taken him away,––His blood, upon his own head, shall remain:–– ⁵ The sound of the horn, he heard, but took not warning, His blood, upon himself, shall remain,––Whereas, had, he, taken warning, his own soul, he should have delivered. ⁶ But, as for the watchman––When he seeth the sword coming, And hath not blown with the horn, And, the people, have not been warned, And the sword, hath come, and taken away from among them any person, He, for his iniquity, hath been taken away, But, his blood, at the hand of the watchman, will I require. ⁷ Thou, therefore, Son of man, A watchman, have I appointed thee, to the house of Israel, So then thou shalt hear, at my mouth, a message, and shalt warn them, from me. ⁸ When I say to the lawless man, O lawless man, thou shalt, surely die, And thou have not spoken to warn the lawless man from his way, He, the lawless man, for his iniquity shall die, But, his blood––at thy hand, will I demand. ⁹ But, as for, thyself, When thou hast warned a lawless man from his way, to turn therefrom, And he hath not turned from his way, He, for his own iniquity, shall die, But, thou, hast delivered, thine own life.

²⁵ And I will solemnise for them a covenant of prosperity, And will cause to cease the mischievous wild–beast out of the land, And they shall dwell in the wilderness, securely, And shall sleep in the forests;

⁴ So he said unto him, Run, speak unto this young man, saying: Like open villages, shall Jerusalem remain, for the multitude of men and cattle in her midst; ⁵ And, I, will become to her, declareth Yahweh, A wall of fire round about,––and, a glory, will I become in her midst.

⁵ Peter, therefore, was kept in the prison; but, prayer, was, earnestly, being made by the assembly, unto God, concerning him. ⁶ And, when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that night, was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, guards, also, before the door, were keeping the prison.

⁷ So that, [neither] is he that planteth anything, nor, he that watereth,––but, God, who causeth to, grow.

⁹ For we are, God’s, fellow–workmen: ye are, God’s, farm, God’s building. ¹⁰ According to the favour of God which hath been given unto me, as a wise master–builder, I laid a foundation, whereas, another, is building thereon; but, let each one, see, how he buildeth thereon;
¹¹ For, other foundation, can, no one, lay, than that which is lying, which is, Jesus Christ. ¹² But, if anyone is building, upon the foundation––gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, ¹³ Each one’s work, shall be made, manifest; for, the day, will make it plain, because, by fire, is it to be revealed,––and, each one’s work, of what sort it is, the fire itself will prove:–– ¹⁴ If, anyone’s work, shall abide, which he built, a reward, shall he receive,–– ¹⁵ If, anyone’s work, shall be burnt up, he shall suffer loss, but shall, himself, be saved––though, thus, as through fire.

¹⁴ And, if Christ, hath not been raised, void, after all, is our proclamation, void also, our faith,––

¹¹ I am afraid of you––lest by any means, in vain, I should have toiled for you!