1 Пѣ́снь степе́ней, А҆́ще не гдⷭ҇ь сози́ждетъ до́мъ, всꙋ́е трꙋди́шасѧ зи́ждꙋщїи: а҆́ще не гдⷭ҇ь сохрани́тъ гра́дъ, всꙋ́е бдѣ̀ стрегі́й. 2 Всꙋ́е ва́мъ є҆́сть ᲂу҆́треневати: воста́нете по сѣдѣ́нїи ꙗ҆дꙋ́щїи хлѣ́бъ болѣ́зни, є҆гда̀ да́стъ возлю́блєннымъ свои̑мъ со́нъ. 3 Сѐ, достоѧ́нїе гдⷭ҇не сы́нове, мзда̀ плода̀ чре́внѧгѡ. 4 Ꙗ҆́кѡ стрѣ́лы въ рꙋцѣ̀ си́льнагѡ, та́кѡ сы́нове ѿтрѧсе́нныхъ. 5 Бл҃же́нъ, и҆́же и҆спо́лнитъ жела́нїе своѐ ѿ ни́хъ: не постыдѧ́тсѧ, є҆гда̀ глаго́лютъ врагѡ́мъ свои̑мъ во вратѣ́хъ.
Psalms · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Psalm 126 (127) Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 127 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (4)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms are numbered as in the Septuagint (Psalm 50 = Psalm 51 in English Bibles); verse numbers follow the Russian Synodal Bible, where a psalm's title is verse 1 (or 1–2).
- Psalms 13, 71, 92, 127 and 129 divide their verses differently from the Russian Synodal Bible, so a few verse numbers there do not match it; the line "The songs of David, son of Jesse, are ended" opens Psalm 72 (with its title) instead of closing Psalm 71.
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
Cross references (5)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Slavonic.
- 1 Proverbs 16:9; 1 Corinthians 3:7; Proverbs 21:30–31; 1 Corinthians 3:9–15; Psalm 33:16–18
- 2 Ecclesiastes 5:12; Psalm 4:8; Job 11:18; Psalm 3:5; Jeremiah 31:26
- 3 Psalm 128:3–4; Deuteronomy 28:4; 1 Samuel 1:27; Genesis 48:4; Genesis 33:5
- 4 Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 31:28; Jeremiah 50:9; Psalm 120:4
- 5 Proverbs 27:11; Job 42:12–16; Job 5:4; Genesis 50:23
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 127.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
How man had come into captivity, let us ask the Apostle Paul....For he saith: "For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin." Behold whence we became captives; because we were sold under sin. Who sold us? We ourselves, who consented to the seducer. We could sell ourselves; we could not redeem ourselves.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… ear of Thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house." For this house is built both by us through living well, and by God through helping us to live well; for "except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." And when the final dedication of this house shall take place, then what God here …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"Except the Lord keep the city, he that keepeth it waketh but in vain." And what "city"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For "He that keepeth Israel neither slumbereth nor sleepeth;" and, "Except the Lord keep the city, they wake in vain who keep it." He then is our Keeper who is our Creator.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)