Psalmorum 127

1 Canticum graduum Salomonis. Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam. Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.

A Song of the going up. Of Solomon. If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.

2 Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere: surgite postquam sederitis, qui manducatis panem doloris. Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum:

It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.

3 ecce hereditas Domini filii: merces, fructus ventris.

See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

4 Sicut sagittae in manu potentis: ita filii excussorum.

Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.

5 Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis: non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.

Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.