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 Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah 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 to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

3 ecce hereditas Domini filii: merces, fructus ventris.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.

4 Sicut sagittae in manu potentis: ita filii excussorum.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of 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.