Catholic Public Domain Version
" 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. "
— Psalms 126:1, Catholic Public Domain Version
“When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.”
“ When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream. ”
“When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.”
“A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming.”
“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.”
“ When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.”
“When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.”
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.
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.
Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out.