1 Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat — for he grants sleep to "those he loves.3 Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth.5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.

1 Canticum graduum. [Beati omnes qui timent Dominum,qui ambulant in viis ejus.2 Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis :beatus es, et bene tibi erit.3 Uxor tua sicut vitis abundansin lateribus domus tu ;filii tui sicut novell olivarumin circuitu mens tu.4 Ecce sic benedicetur homoqui timet Dominum.5 Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion,et videas bona Jerusalem omnibus diebus vit tu.6 Et videas filios filiorum tuorum :pacem super Isral.]