Psalm 127:1-5 GNT

[1] If the LORD does not build the house, the work of the builders is useless; if the LORD does not protect the city, it does no good for the sentries to stand guard. [2] It is useless to work so hard for a living, getting up early and going to bed late. For the LORD provides for those he loves, while they are asleep. [3] Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a real blessing. [4] The sons a man has when he is young are like arrows in a soldier's hand. [5] Happy is the man who has many such arrows. He will never be defeated when he meets his enemies in the place of judgment.