Psalm 126, Catholic Public Domain Version
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 ædificaverit domum, in vanum laboraverunt qui ædificant eam. Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.
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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: surgite postquam sederitis, qui manducatis panem doloris. Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum,
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Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
ecce hæreditas Domini, filii; merces, fructus ventris.
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Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out.
Sicut sagittæ in manu potentis, ita filii excussorum.
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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 implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis: non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.
Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)