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 Let peace  be  in  thy strength: and  abundance in thy  towers.

For the  sake  of  my brethren  and  of  my  neighbors:  I  spoke  peace  of thee.

Because of  the  house  of the  Lord  our  God:  I  have sought good  things  for thee.

xcept   the  Lord build the  house: they labor  in  vain that build  it.

Except the  Lord  keep the city:  he  watcheth  in vain  that  keepeth  it.

It is  in  vain  for  you  to rise  before  light:  rise  ye after  you  have  sitten,  you that eat  the  bread  of sorrow.

When He  shall  give sleep to  His  beloved:  behold, children  are  the  inheritance of  the  Lord, their reward,  the  fruit  of the  womb.

As arrows  in  the  hand of the  mighty:  so  the children of  them  that have been  shaken.

Blessed is  the  man  that hath filled  his  desire  with