시편 127:1-3 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1

Except the Lord build the house ; rather, a house ; i . e . any house whatsoever. They labor in vain that build it. They will effect nothing—no house will be built. Except the Lord keep the city; rather, a city. The watchman waketh but in vain . Human watching is of no use unless accompanied by Divine watching. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1

The God of the family life. "These pictures are mild and bright; humanizing are they in the best sense: they retain certain elements of Paradise, and yet more the elements of the patriarchal era, with the addition of that patriotism and of that concentration in which the patriarchal life was wanting. The happy religious man, after the Hebrew pattern, possessed those feelings and habitudes which, if they greatly prevail in a community, impart to it the strength of a combination which is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1

The true city watchman. "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." This would come home very forcibly to the restored exiles if, as we may well assume, the psalm was written before Nehemiah restored the walls of the holy city. Then the only protection of the city must have been the vigilance of the night-watchmen, which never could be depended on. And yet the city containing God's people was absolutely secure; and would have been as secure if no watchmen had ever... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1

The Divine Builder. (For the opening or reopening of a church.) "Except the Lord build the house," etc. I. OUR DEPENDENCE UPON GOD FOR ALL REAL PROSPERITY . 1. Consider the material of the house we are building . "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" "Ye also as living stones , are built up a spiritual house," etc. The spiritual temple dwarfs the most magnificent material cathedrals. 2. The Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1-5

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1-5

The blessing of God. The psalm is in keeping with that prevalent piety which led the devout Israelite to trace God's hand in everything, and ascribe both good and evil, both joy and sorrow, to his directing power. I. UNBLESSED LABOR . 1. We can do nothing at all without the Divine co-operation. We constantly depend on the presence of his material, on the action of his laws, on the activity of the forces he keeps in play. We all recognize this in agriculture; that it is vain for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1-5

The builder's psalm. Our ignorance of the exact reference of this psalm enables us to apply it, as perhaps otherwise we might not be able, to all builders whatsoever. Four such seem to be pointed at here. I. THE TEMPLE - BUILDERS . 1. We know that this was one of the solicitudes of the returned exiles—to uprear again the temple of the Lord. And in the books written after the return from Babylon we read about this and the difficulties they had to encounter, and the success... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late (comp. Isaiah 5:11 ); i . e . to be "careful and troubled" about your work in the world, whatever it is. To eat the bread of sorrows . To feed, as it were, on sorrow—and trouble and care—to make your lives a burden to yourselves through your carefulness. For so he giveth his beloved sleep ; rather, surely he giveth to his beloved in sleep ; i . e . in their sleep. The teaching is similar to that of Exodus 14:14 ; Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:2

The sleep God gives. This psalm is, by its title in our Bible, ascribed to Solomon; in the Septuagint it is left without a title; in the Syriac Version it is ascribed to David. In structure it is like all the rest of these "Psalms of Degrees." Hence we are very much in the dark as to its date and authorship, and are shut up, as it is well we should be, to its religious teachings. What these are it is not difficult to see; for its plain lesson is that all our defense and security are in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:2

The limited value of self-exertion. The great lesson of this psalm is "that without God's blessing all human efforts and human precautions are in vain; that man can never command success; that God gives and man receives." It is suggested that the psalm was written to check self-congratulation and self-reliance on the part of those who were rejoicing in their national restoration. The sentence, "so he giveth his beloved sleep," may mean—so much as others gain by hardest toil and pains God... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 127:2

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