Text · Psalm 127
Except the Lord Do Build the House
Except the Lord do build the house
from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 · 8.6.8.6
1.Except the Lord do build the house,
the builders lose their pain:
Except the Lord the city keep,
the watchmen watch in vain.
2.'Tis vain for you to rise betimes,
or late from rest to keep,
To feed on sorrows' bread; so gives
he his beloved sleep.
3.Lo, children are God's heritage,
the womb's fruit his reward.
The sons of youth as arrows are,
for strong men's hands prepared.
4.O happy is the man that hath
his quiver filled with those;
They unashamed in the gate
shall speak unto their foes.
Sung to
- RICHMOND — Thomas Haweis · C.M.
- ARLINGTON — Thomas Augustine Arne · C.M.
- AZMON — Carl G. Gläser · C.M.
- BEATITUDO — John Bacchus Dykes · C.M.
- DETROIT — William Bradshaw · C.M.
- DUNDEE — Scottish Psalter (Edinburgh), 1615 · C.M.
- EVAN — or 'Eva' William H. Havergal · C.M.
- LEA — James Lea Summers · C.M.
- NEW BRITAIN — Carrell & Clayton · C.M.
- PETER'S ADMONITION — Joshua Raj · C.M.
- ST. AGNES — John Bacchus Dykes · C.M.
- ST. ANNE — William Croft · C.M.
- ST. ETHELDREDA — Thomas Turton · C.M.
- ST. FLAVIAN — Day's Psalter, 1562 · C.M.
- WINCHESTER OLD — Thomas Est, The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1592 · C.M.
Same meter but needs editorial underlay: BALLERMA, CLEANSING FOUNTAIN, CRIMOND, GLASGOW, GRÄFENBERG, MANOAH, MARTYRDOM, MCKEE, ORTONVILLE, ST. MAGNUS, ST. STEPHEN, STRACATHRO.
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