Psalms 127

1 A Canticle in steps: of Solomon. Unless the Lord has built the house, those who build it have labored in vain. Unless the Lord has guarded the city, he who guards it watches in vain.

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

2 It is in vain that you rise before daylight, that you rise up after you have sat down, you who chew the bread of sorrow. Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep.

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

3 Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.

ecce hereditas Domini filii mercis fructus ventris

4 Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out.

sicut sagittae in manu potentis ita filii excussorum

5 Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.

beatus vir qui implebit desiderium suum ex ipsis non confundentur cum loquentur inimicis suis in porta