8s & 7s.
Except the Lord build the house.
Psalm 127:1.
Vainly through night’s weary hours,
Keep we watch lest foes alarm;
Vain our bulwarks, and our towers,
But for God’s protecting arm.
2 Vain were all our toil and labor,
Did not God that labor bless;
Vain, without his grace and favor,
Every talent we possess.