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 degrees for 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 to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.

3 ecce hereditas Domini filii mercis fructus ventris

Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.

4 sicut sagittae in manu potentis ita filii excussorum

As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the 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 ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.