Psalms 127

REFLECTIONS UPON PSALM CXXVII.—The less we depend upon our own schemes, or lean to our own understanding, and the more we look up to God for help and direction, the better shall we prosper. The most prudent projects and plans, the most anxious cares, and the most toilsome labours, are all to no purpose without God’s blessing. But happy in their rest, and happier in their dutiful children, are they whom he blesses