Psalms 126

Catholic Public Domain Bible	Bibbia Vulgata Clementina
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.	¹ Canticum graduum Salomonis. Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum, in vanum laboraverunt qui ædificant eam. Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.
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.	² Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere : surgite 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.	³ ecce hæreditas Domini, filii ; merces, fructus ventris.
⁴ Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out.	⁴ Sicut sagittæ 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.	⁵ Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis : non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.