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| 126 | 1 | A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it. | canticum graduum Salomonis nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem frustra vigilat qui custodit eam |
| 126 | 2 | It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved, | frustra vobis est de mane consurgere postquam sederitis qui manducatis panem idolorum sic dabit diligentibus se somnum |
| 126 | 3 | Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb. | ecce hereditas Domini filii mercis fructus ventris |
| 126 | 4 | As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken. | sicut sagittae in manu potentis ita filii iuventutis |
| 126 | 5 | Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate. | beatus vir qui implevit faretram suam ex ipsis non confundentur cum loquentur inimicis in porta |