1 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.

126:1 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 vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

2 Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere:
surgite postquam sederitis,
qui manducatis panem doloris.
Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum,

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

3 ecce hæreditas Domini, filii;
merces, fructus ventris.

4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

4 Sicut sagittæ in manu potentis,
ita filii excussorum.

5 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.

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