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Psalms 126

Douay-Rheims American Edition (DRA) - 1899

5 verses - Formal equivalence (from Latin) - Public Domain

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Psalms 126:1

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.

Psalms 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,

Psalms 126:3

Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

Psalms 126:4

As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.

Psalms 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.

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