Neither house nor city can be built, or kept without God's special providence and help, 3. those that trust in him shall prosper in their endeavours.Neither houſe nor citie can be built, or kept without Gods ſpecial prouidence and helpe, 3. thoſe that truſt in him ſhal proſper in their endeuours.✦
A gradual Canticle of Salomon: Unless our Lord build the house, they have laboured in vain that build it: Unless our Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.A gradual Canticle a of Salomon: VNLESSE b our Lord build the houſe, they haue laboured in vayne that build it: Vnleſſe our Lord kepe the citie, he watcheth in vayne that kepeth it.Canticum graduum Salomonis. Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum, in vanum laboraverunt qui ædificant eam. Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, frustra vigilat qui custodit eam.
2It is vain for you to rise before light: rise ye after ye have sederitis: sat down, which eat the bread of sorrow.It is vaine for you to riſe c before light: d riſe ye after ye haue ſitten, which eate e the bread of ſorow.Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere : surgite postquam sederitis, qui manducatis panem doloris. Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum,
3When he shall give sleep to his beloved: behold the inheritance of our Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.f When he ſhal giue g ſleepe to his beloued: behold h the inheritance of our Lord i are children: k the reward, the fruite of the wombe.ecce hæreditas Domini, filii ; merces, fructus ventris.
4As arrows in the hand of the mighty: so are the children of them that are shaken.As l arrowes in the hand of the mightie: ſo are the m children of them that are ſhaken.Sicut sagittæ in manu potentis, ita filii excussorum.
5Blessed is the man that hath filled his desire of them: he shall not be confundetur: bewildered; put to shame when he shall speak to his enemies in the in porta: at the city gate, the place of public judgement.n Bleſſed is the man that hath filled his deſire of them: he ſhal o not be confounded when he ſhal ſpeake to his enemies p in the gate.Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis : non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.
