Psalms 127:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. ”

Psalms 127:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Except the Lord build the house - Or rather, “a house.” The word “house” may refer either to an ordinary dwelling; to the temple, as a place of worship; or to a family, with reference to its succ...
Psalms 127:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

"A Song of degrees for Solomon." Except the LORD (a) build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the (b) city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain. (a) That is, govern and...
Psalms 127:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXVII. A. This Ps. is, as is now generally admitted, composed of two independent Pss. In Psalms 127 A, i.e. in Psalms 127:1 f. the Psalmist's theme is the vanity of toil without Yahweh's ble...
Psalms 127:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title. . Song of degrees. Same as 120 ("the degrees"). App-67. The Structure, and the references to Hezekiah being childless (App-67. xiv), show that this is not. Psalm "made up of two smaller Psalm...
Psalms 127:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Except Jehovah build the house. There is no reason why the Jews should deny that this Psalm was composed by Solomon. They think that the letter ל, lamed, which we translate of, is equ...
Psalms 127:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Except the Lord build the house -...
Psalms 127:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The virtue of God's blessing. Good children are his gift. A Song of Degrees for Solomon. Title. לשׁלמה המעלות שׁיר Shiir hammangaloth lishlomoh. ] This is said to have been composed by Solom...
Psalms 127:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalms 127:1-5 .-Except God gives the blessing, man's works...
Psalms 127:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A warning against over-anxiety in any work. Let it be left in the wise hands of Jehovah, who gives the best blessings without human aid. Perhaps the Ps. was addressed to some too-zealous workers in t...
Psalms 127:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

House. — A house, any house, not the Temple. The thought is a general one. Even in the common labours of men, it is the Divine blessing which contributes the success. An Gottes Segen ist alles g...
Psalms 127:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 127:1-5 THIS pure expression of conscious dependence on God's blessing for all well-being may possibly have special reference to the Israel of the Restoration. The instances of vain human e...
Psalms 127:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Lord Hath Done Great Things for Us” Psalms 126:1-6 ; Psalms 127:1-5 The circumstances under which this psalm was written are evident upon its face. The exiles, lately back from Babylon, a...
Psalms 127:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The thought of the pilgrim centres upon the city toward which his face is turned as the place of home. The strength of the Hebrew people in the past, and all that remains of it today, largely results...
Psalms 127:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Psalm contains a pious and devout acknowledgment, that all blessings are from the Lord. Neither the builder, nor the soldier, nor the master of a family, can be successful in their sev...
Psalms 127:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ,.... Whether it be understood literally of an artificial house, as Solomon's own house; or the house of the Lord, or any other: le...
Psalms 127:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 127:1 «A Song of degrees for Solomon. » Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain. A Sony of deg...
Psalms 127:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Except the Lord build the house That is, assist and bless those that build it, whether an artificial house, such as the temple, or the royal palace, or any of those numerous structures which Solomo...
Psalms 127:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Dependence on Providence; God the Giver of Prosperity. A song of degrees for Solomon. 1 Except the L ORD build the...
Psalms 127:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 127 Or rather, of Solomon , as this particle is generally used in this book. Nor is there any thing in this Psalm which gives us just ground to question whether Solomon was the author of it...
Psalms 127:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Various considerations taken together require the opinion that this middle Song of Degrees was composed by Solomon. It suits the time of peaceful house-building and civil settlement and...
Psalms 127:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

A Song of degrees Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example ( Psalms 112:1 ); ( Psalms 112:2 ).
Psalms 127:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 127:1 There is progress in life, there is progress in history, because the Lord is building, working, and watching with man; and man is learning. slowly, alas! and by stages that seem imper...
Psalms 127:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 127:1-19 . Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you, to rise up early, to sit up...
Psalms 127:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS. The man who begins the world aright, must begin with God. The stately house is built in vain, and the family multiplied for wickedness, unless it be done in the Lord's counsel, and wi...
Psalms 127:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Except the Lord build the house. Authorship of this psalm Various considerations taken together require the opinion that this middle Song of Degrees was composed by Solomon. It suits the time o...
Psalms 127:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A DIDACTIC psalm, preaching a contented trust in God as more conducive to the prosperity of a man, or a state, than any amount of fussy activity. The ascription to Solomon is borne...
Psalms 127:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Except the Lord build the house, Himself watching over the erection of every building executed by men and prospering their labors, they labor in vain that build it, there being so many possibilitie...
Psalms 127:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 22:10 ; 1 Chronicles 22:11 ; 1 Chronicles 28:10 ; 1 Chronicles 28:20 ; 1 Chronicles 29:19 ; 1 Corinthians 15:14 ; 1 Corinthians 3:7 ; 1 Corinthians 3:9-15 ; Ecclesiastes 9:11 ;...
Psalms 127:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Build — Assist and bless those that build it.

Psalms 127:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 127:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 127:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 127:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 127:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 127:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 127:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 127:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 127:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 127:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 127:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 127:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 127:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 127:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 127:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 127:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 127:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 127:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes