Psalms 127

1 A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

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 giveth to His beloved one sleep.

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

3 Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah [are] sons, A reward [is] the fruit of the womb.

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 happiness of the man Who hath 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