Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 127:1

“Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”

Psalms 127:1 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 127:1, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 127. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
  • Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
  • Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
  • Psalms 121:3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
  • Psalms 124:1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
  • 1 Chronicles 28:10Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
  • Isaiah 62:6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
  • 1 Chronicles 28:20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake t…
  • Jeremiah 51:12Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhab…
  • 1 Corinthians 15:14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
  • Psalms 121:1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
  • Psalms 123:1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.