- 1. <A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.><br>
If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing. - 2. It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
- 3. See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.
- 4. Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.
- 5. Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
3.Жена сравнивается с плодовитой "лозой в доме твоем". Евреи имели обыкновение, как и сейчас делают на Востоке, виноградные лозы садить около жилищ, так что ветки их обвивались вокруг самого здания.5.Благословит тебя Господь с Сиона, т. е. с священной горы Иерусалима. Указание на Сион служило предостережением - не увлекаться языческими культами, а строго следовать заповедям Господа, которому созидается Храм на Сионе, т. е. истинному Богу.
