2It is vain for you to rise up early,
            To retire late,
            To eat the bread of painful labors;
            For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

      3Behold, children are a gift of the LORD,
            The fruit of the womb is a reward.

      4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
            So are the children of one’s youth.

      5How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
            They will not be ashamed
            When they speak with their enemies in the gate.