Psalmorum 127

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

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 surgere 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 mercis 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 implebit desiderium suum ex ipsis non confundentur cum loquentur 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.