¹Canticum graduum Salomonis.A Canticle in steps: of Solomon.Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum,Unless the Lord has built the house,in vanum laboraverunt qui ædificant eam.those who build it have labored in vain.Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem,Unless the Lord has guarded the city,frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.he who guards it watches in vain.

¹Canticum graduum Salomonis.A Canticle in steps: of Solomon.Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum,Unless the Lord has built the house,in vanum laboraverunt qui ædificant eam.those who build it have labored in vain.Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem,Unless the Lord has guarded the city,frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.he who guards it watches in vain.

²Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere:It is in vain that you rise before daylight,surgite postquam sederitis,that you rise up after you have sat down,qui manducatis panem doloris.you who chew the bread of sorrow.Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum,Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep.

²Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere:It is in vain that you rise before daylight,surgite postquam sederitis,that you rise up after you have sat down,qui manducatis panem doloris.you who chew the bread of sorrow.Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum,Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep.

³ecce hæreditas Domini, filii;Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons,merces, fructus ventris.the reward is the fruit of the womb.

³ecce hæreditas Domini, filii;Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons,merces, fructus ventris.the reward is the fruit of the womb.

⁴Sicut sagittæ in manu potentis,Like arrows in the hand of the powerful,ita filii excussorum.so are the sons of those who have been cast out.

⁴Sicut sagittæ in manu potentis,Like arrows in the hand of the powerful,ita filii excussorum.so are the sons of those who have been cast out.

⁵Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis:Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things.non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.

⁵Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis:Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things.non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.