Psalmorum 127

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

Unless Jehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Jehovah guards the city, the watchman wake 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 gives sleep to his beloved.

3 Ecce hereditas Domini filii: merces, fructus ventris.

Lo, sons are a heritage of Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb is a reward.

4 Sicut sagittæ in manu potentis: ita filii excussorum.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of youth.

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

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate.