The `title of the hundrid and sixe and twentithe `salm. The song of greces of Salomon. `No but the Lord bilde the hous; thei that bilden it han trauelid in veyn. No but the Lord kepith the citee; he wakith in veyn that kepith it.
126:2
It is veyn to you to rise bifore the liyt; rise ye after that ye han sete, that eten the breed of sorewe. Whanne he schal yyue sleep to his loued; lo!
126:3
the eritage of the Lord `is sones, the mede is the fruyt of wombe.
126:4
As arowis ben in the hond of the miyti; so the sones of hem that ben schakun out.
126:5
Blessid is the man, that hath fillid his desier of tho; he schal not be schent, whanne he schal speke to hise enemyes in the yate.
126:6
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126:1
A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. When ye Lord brought againe the captiuitie of Zion, we were like them that dreame.
126:2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with ioye: then sayd they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.
126:3
The Lord hath done great things for vs, whereof we reioyce.
126:4
O Lord, bring againe our captiuitie, as the riuers in the South.
126:5
They that sowe in teares, shall reape in ioy.
126:6
They went weeping and caried precious seede: but they shall returne with ioye and bring their sheaues.
Green's Literal Translation (LITV). Copyright 1993 by Jay P. Green Sr.
All rights reserved. Jay P. Green Sr., Lafayette, IN. U.S.A. 47903.
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