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Psalm 127 is the eighth of fifteen Psalms entitled, “Songs of Ascents,” which are discussed in greater detail below under “Africa Unite.” A key message of the Psalm is that, unless centered on God, all activity is “vain,” meaning “useless, worthless, senseless.”399 Weiser explains, The verdict ‘in vain,’ which is passed three times on man’s literally ‘God-less’ activities sounds quite sinister and shattering. This radical formulation has been chosen in order to effect the radical renunciation of an attitude of mind which is so absorbed in work and worries that it loses sight of God’s providence and his effect on life.400
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