² the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
    he is called blessed in the land;
    you ^(A)do not give him up to the will of his enemies.

127 Unless the Lord builds the house,
    those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord ^(B)watches over the city,
    the watchman stays awake in vain.

³     I, the Lord, am its keeper;
    every moment I water it.
    Lest anyone punish it,
I keep it night and day;