Psalms 127:1

Unless Yahweh builds and guards, human effort is futile. It teaches utter dependence on God for any work or security to succeed.

Cross-references · 32

• Prov 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
• 1 Cor 3:7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
• Prov 21:30–31There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
• 1 Cor 3:9–15For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
• Ps 33:16–18No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
• Ps 121:3–5He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
• Ps 124:1A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—
• 1 Chr 28:10Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
• Isa 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
• 1 Chr 28:20David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
• Jer 51:12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
• 1 Cor 15:14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
• Ps 121:1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
• Ps 123:1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
• Ps 120:1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
• Eccl 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
• Ps 125:1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
• Ps 78:69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
• Ps 126:1A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
• 1 Chr 22:10–11He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
• Isa 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
• Ps 122:1A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
• Zech 2:4–5and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
• Isa 27:3I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
• Isa 21:5–12They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
• 1 Chr 29:19And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
• Gal 4:11I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
• Ezek 33:2–9“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
• Song 3:3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
• Jer 51:31One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
• Song 5:7I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
• Ps 72:1Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

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