Text: | Unless the LORD the House Shall Build |
Tune: | HERONGATE |
Arranger: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
1 Unless the LORD the house shall build,
the weary builders toil in vain;
unless the LORD the city shield,
the guards a useless watch maintain.
2 In vain you rise ere morning break,
and late your nightly vigils keep,
and of the bread of toil partake;
God gives to His beloved sleep.
3 Lo, children are a great reward,
a gift from GOD in very truth;
with arrows in his quiver stored
who joys in children of his youth.
4 And blest the man whose age is cheered
by stalwart sons and daughters fair;
no enemies by him are feared,
no lack of love, no want of care.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Unless the LORD the house shall build |
Title: | Unless the LORD the House Shall Build |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2023 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Instruction |
Source: | The Psalter, 1912 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERONGATE |
Arranger: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | English folk melody |