< 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 Ascents; of Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it; except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2 Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere: surgite postquam sederitis, qui manducatis panem doloris. Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum:
It is vain for you that ye rise early, and sit up late, ye that eat the bread of toil; so He giveth unto His beloved in sleep.
3 ecce hereditas Domini filii: merces, fructus ventris.
Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 Sicut sagittae in manu potentis: ita filii excussorum.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of one's youth.
5 Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis: non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be put to shame, when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

< Psalmorum 127 >