Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1828
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Except the Lord do build the house
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: XXVIII
Page Number: 151, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEXCEPT the Lord do build the house,
The builders lose their pain:
Except the Lord the city keep,
The watchmen watch in vain.
'Tis vain for you to rise betimes,
Or late from rest to keep,
To feed on sorrow's bread; so gives
He his beloved sleep.
Lo, children are God's heritage,
The womb's fruit his reward.
The sons of youth as arrows are,
For strong men's hands prepar'd.
O happy is the man that hath
His quiver fill'd with those;
He unashamed in the gate
Shall speak unto his foes.