1 [Canticum graduum Salomonis.] Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum,
  in vanum laboraverunt qui ædificant eam.
  Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.
2 Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere: surgite postquam sederitis,
  qui manducatis panem doloris. Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum,
3 ecce hæreditas Domini, filii; merces, fructus ventris.
4 Sicut sagittæ in manu potentis, ita filii excussorum.
5 Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis:
  non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.

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Text Authorship:

• by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 126 (127)" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Henry Du Mont (1610 - 1684), "Nisi Dominus" [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711 - 1772), "Nisi Dominus ædificavit", first performed 1743 [sung text checked 1 time]

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• by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Nisi dominus", RV. 608
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) , "Psalm 126 (127)" ; composed by W. E. Bojanus, Heinrich Schütz.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-05
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Word count: 76