Psalms 127

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. BY SOLOMON. If YHWH does not build the house, Its builders have labored at it in vain, If YHWH does not watch a city, A watchman has awoken in vain.

canticum graduum Salomonis nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem frustra vigilavit qui custodit

2 Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He gives sleep to His beloved one.

vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere surgere postquam sederitis qui manducatis panem doloris cum dederit dilectis suis somnum

3 Behold, sons [are] an inheritance of YHWH, The fruit of the womb [is] a reward.

ecce hereditas Domini filii mercis fructus ventris

4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So [are] the sons of the young men.

sicut sagittae in manu potentis ita filii excussorum

5 O the blessedness of the man Who has filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!

beatus vir qui implebit desiderium suum ex ipsis non confundentur cum loquentur inimicis suis in porta