< Psalms 128 >
1 A Song of the going up. Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.
Canticum graduum. Beati omnes, qui timent Dominum, qui ambulant in viis eius.
2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.
Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis: beatus es, et bene tibi erit.
3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.
Uxor tua sicut vitis abundans, in lateribus domus tuæ. Filii tui sicut novellæ olivarum, in circuitu mensæ tuæ.
4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.
Ecce sic benedicetur homo, qui timet Dominum.
5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion: et videas bona Ierusalem omnibus diebus vitæ tuæ.
6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.
Et videas filios filiorum tuorum, pacem super Israel.