Unless the Lord the House Shall Build

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Steven Benner pairs the sheet music and audio of "Cannons L.M." by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) with the text of Psalm 127 from the metrical psalter. (Length: 02:01)
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1 Unless the Lord the house shall build, the weary builders toil in vain; 2 unless the LORD the city shield, the guards a useless watch maintain. 2 In vain you rise at morning break, in vain your late-night vigils keep, and draining days of work partake— those whom God loves fall fast asleep. 3 Yes, children are a great reward, a gift from God in very truth; 4 as quiver full of arrows stored are children giv’n in days of youth. 5 How blest are those whose lives are cheered by children’s growth in strength and grace. 6 Within their house no foes are feared, for God keeps watch within that place. – Psalter, 1912, alt.
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Steve Benner
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George Frideric Handel
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Psalm 127
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