Psalms 127
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
1Canticum graduum. [Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, qui ambulant in viis ejus.
2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
2Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis: beatus es, et bene tibi erit.
3Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
3Uxor tua sicut vitis abundans in lateribus domus tuæ; filii tui sicut novellæ olivarum in circuitu mensæ tuæ.
4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
4Ecce sic benedicetur homo qui timet Dominum.
5Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
5Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion, et videas bona Jerusalem omnibus diebus vitæ tuæ.
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6Et videas filios filiorum tuorum: pacem super Israël.]
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