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| ==Source==
| | #redirect [[Psalm 127]] |
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| The text of ''Nisi Dominus'' is the older latin Vulgate translation of Psalm 126 (according to the numbering of the Latin Bible) or 127 (according to the numbering of the Hebrew Bible).
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| '''Liturgical use:''' Fourth psalm of Vespers on feasts of the Virgin Mary. The doxology (Gloria Patri, etc.) is not part of the psalm proper, but is a normal addition to the psalm in the liturgy.
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| ==Original text and translations==
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| {{Text|Latin}}
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| 1. Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam.<br>
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| Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem frustra vigilavit qui custodit eam.<br>
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| 2. Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere,<br>
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| Surgere postquam sederitis qui manducatis panem doloris.<br>
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| Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum<br>
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| 3. Ecce hereditas Domini filii mercis fructus ventris.<br>
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| 4. Sicut sagittae in manu potentis ita filii excussorum.<br>
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| 5. Beatus vir qui implebit desiderium suum ex ipsis:<br>
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| Non confundentur cum loquentur inimicis suis in porta.
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| ''Doxology:''<br>
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| Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto:<br>
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| Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.
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| {{Translation|English}}
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| <i>1. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.<br>
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| Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.<br>
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| 2. It is vain for you to rise before light,<br>
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| rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow.<br>
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| When he shall give sleep to his beloved,<br>
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| 3. behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.<br>
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| 4. As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.<br>
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| 5. Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them;<br>
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| he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.<br>
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| Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,<br>
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| As it was in the beginning, and now and always,<br>
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| and to ages of ages. Amen.</i>
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| ==Settings by composers==
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| *[[Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126) (Francesco Cavalli)|Francesco Cavalli]]
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| *[[Nisi Dominus (George Frederic Handel)|George Frideric Handel]]
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| *[[Nisi Dominus (Claudio Monteverdi)|Claudio Monteverdi]]
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| *[[Tomás Luis de Victoria]], 2 settings: [[Nisi Dominus a 3 (Tomás Luis de Victoria)|3vv]], [[Nisi Dominus a 8 (Tomás Luis de Victoria)|8vv]]
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